GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Prices and Stock
MSRP $329

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (REV2.0) Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 192-bit GDDR6, GV-N3060GAMING OC-12GD Video Card

ASUS Gaming Graphics Card - GeForce Dual RTX 3060, 12GB GDDR6, RGB, LHR, Ray Tracing, DLSS

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 192-bit GDDR6, GV-N3060GAMING OC-12GD Video Card

GIGABYTE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC V2 Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 192-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1837MHz Core Clock, RGB, 2X DP 1.4, 2X HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA Ampere - GV-N3060GAMING OC-8GD

Prices and Stock
MSRP $649

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference Edition Gaming Graphics Card

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP 2285 MHz RDNA 2 Architecture OC Graphics Card (RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio 16G)

ASUS ROG Strix LC AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Full-Coverage Cold Plate, 240mm Radiator, 600mm tubing, GPU Tweak II)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio 16G Gaming Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR6, 2285 MHz, PCI Express 4, 256-bit, 3X DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6800 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 3060 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce RTX 3060 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6800 XT is 76 days older than GeForce RTX 3060.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060

Up to 63% better value when playing Counter-Strike 2 than Radeon RX 6800 XT - $0.71 vs $1.92 per FPS
Consumes up to 43% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - 170 vs 300 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6800 XT

Performs up to 20% better in Counter-Strike 2 than GeForce RTX 3060 - 495 vs 413 FPS
Up to 33% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 16 vs 12 GB

This is a free version of Counter-Strike 2.

Counter-Strike 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021

FPS

413

83%

Value, $/FPS

$0.71/FPS

100%

Price, $

$293

100%

Value Winner

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (REV2.0) Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 192-bit GDDR6, GV-N3060GAMING OC-12GD Video Card

Buy for $293 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 445 minutes ago

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

FPS

495

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.92/FPS

37%

Price, $

$949.99

30%

FPS Winner

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference Edition Gaming Graphics Card

Buy for $949.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 446 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

1920 x 1080

Ultra

117

FPS

153

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Epic

104

FPS

177

FPS

Fortnite

1920 x 1080

Very High

391

FPS

399

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

High

704

FPS

878

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Maximum

182

FPS

223

FPS

World of Warcraft

Theoretical Performance

GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

30%

Texel Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

31%

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

288 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

648 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce RTX 3060	vs	Radeon RX 6800 XT
Jan 12th, 2021	Release Date	Oct 28th, 2020
GeForce 30	Generation	Navi II
$329	MSRP	$649
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
1x 12-pin	Power Connectors	2x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
12 GB	Memory	16 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR6
192-bit	Bus	256-bit
360 GB/s	Bandwidth	512 GB/s
1320 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1825 MHz
1777 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2250 MHz
1875 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz