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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms the more expensive Radeon RX 5500 XT on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 is 397 days newer than the more expensive Radeon RX 5500 XT.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- Performs up to 21% better in Dirt 5 than Radeon RX 5500 XT - 139 vs 115 FPS
- Up to 68% cheaper than Radeon RX 5500 XT - £263.47 vs £829.98
- Up to 74% better value when playing Dirt 5 than Radeon RX 5500 XT - £1.9 vs £7.22 per FPS
- Up to 200% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT - 12 vs 4 GB
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
- Consumes up to 24% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 130 vs 170 Watts
Dirt 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
FPS
139
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.9/FPS
100%
Price, £
£263.47
100%
FPS and Value Winner
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 1807 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 192-bit, 3x DP (v1.4), HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)
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SCAN Argen Gaming PC | AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT Graphics Card | 1TB SSD | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 CPU | 16GB DDR4 RAM | Windows 11 & Xbox Gamepass Ultimate
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Radeon RX 5500 XT
Desktop • Dec 12th, 2019
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Pixel Fillrate
85.3 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
199 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
Desktop • Dec 12th, 2019
Pixel Fillrate
59.04 GPixel/s
69%
Texel Fillrate
162.4 GTexel/s
81%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT |
|---|---|---|
Jan 12th, 2021 | Release Date | Dec 12th, 2019 |
| GeForce 30 | Generation | Navi |
| $329 | MSRP | $169 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 12-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 192-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
360 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224 GB/s |
| 1320 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1607 MHz |
| 1777 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1845 MHz |
1875 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce RTX 3060 or Radeon RX 5500 XT
Dirt 5, 1920 x 1080, Ultra High
103 FPS
£9.42/FPS
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Core i9-11900KF
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£11.31/FPS
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32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£7.53/FPS
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Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£11.03/FPS
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32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£11.46/FPS
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32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£11.38/FPS
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£9.24/FPS
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Ryzen 5 5600X
12 GB, N/A Storage
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£12.5/FPS
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