Radeon RX 7900 XT vs GeForce RTX 3060 for Gaming

FPS Winner

The Radeon RX 7900 XT is a clear winner – it's at least 2x faster gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3060 and it's also a slightly better value for money, as it's only £463.23 more expensive!

Advantages of the Radeon RX 7900 XT

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
A slightly better value for money for gaming
Up to 67% more VRAM memory – 20 vs 12 GB

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3060

Up to 65% cheaper – £249.99 vs £713.22
Consumes up to 43% less energy – 170 vs 300 Watts

Radeon RX 7900 XT vs GeForce RTX 3060 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

Radeon RX 7900 XT

Nov 3rd, 2022

Average FPS

192

100%

Min 1% FPS

122

100%

Price, £

£713.22

35%

Value, £/FPS

£3.71/FPS

68%

Sapphire NITRO+ AMD RADEON™ RX 7900 XT GAMING OC VAPOR-X 20GB GDDR6 DUAL HDMI/DUAL DP FULL

Powercolor Radeon RX 7900 XT Hellhound (20GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/2500MHz/20000MHz)

Sapphire 11323-02-20G Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 20GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 3

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD 20 GB GDDR6

Gigabyte Radeon RX 7900 XT Gaming OC 20G (20GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/2535MHz/20000MHz)

PowerColor Red Devil RX 7900 XT 20G-E/OC AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 Go GDDR6

ASUS TUF Gaming AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT OC Edition 20GB GDDR6 Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 20GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 2.1)

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

Average FPS

52%

Min 1% FPS

45%

Price, £

£249.99

100%

Value, £/FPS

£2.52/FPS

100%

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC V2 Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6, 128-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1807MHz Core Clock, 2x DP 1.4, 2x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA DLSS - GV-N3060GAMING OC-8GD V2

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual OC 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card, 3584 Core, 1320 MHz GPU, 1837 MHz Boost, Ampere Architechture, 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI, Dual Fans with 0-dB Tech

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 WINDFORCE OC 12G (rev. 2.0) Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 192-bit GDDR6, GV-N3060WF2OC-12GD Rev2.0 Video Card

ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 12G DUAL V2 OC Gaming Graphics Card - 1867MHz Boost Clock, GDDR6, PCIe Gen 4, DLSS 2, 1x DP v1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DVI-D (Supports 4K)

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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card, 3584 Core, 1320 MHz GPU, 1777 MHz Boost, Ampere Architecture, 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI, Dual Fans with 0-dB Tech

Radeon RX 7900 XT vs GeForce RTX 3060 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it

Radeon RX 7900 XT

Nov 3rd, 2022

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The Radeon RX 7900 XT vs GeForce RTX 3060 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

Radeon RX 7900 XT

Nov 3rd, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

26828

100%

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

8747

33%

Performance Specifications

The Radeon RX 7900 XT vs GeForce RTX 3060 in core GPU performance specifications

Radeon RX 7900 XT

Nov 3rd, 2022

Memory

20 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

800 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

459.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

804.4 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

51.48 TFLOPS

100%

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

Memory

12 GB

60%

Memory Bandwidth

360 GB/s

45%

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

19%

Texture Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

25%

FP32

12.74 TFLOPS

25%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

Radeon RX 7900 XT	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 3060
General
Nov 3rd, 2022	Release Date	Jan 12th, 2021
$899.00	MSRP	$329.00
Navi III	Generation	GeForce 30
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
300 W	Power Consumption	170 W
Memory
20 GB	Memory Size	12 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6
320-bit	Memory Bus	192-bit
800 GB/s	Bandwidth	360 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
459.6 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	85.3 GPixel/s
804.4 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	199 GTexel/s
51.48 TFLOPS	FP32	12.74 TFLOPS