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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 3060 outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 480 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 is 1658 days newer than the cheaper Radeon RX 480.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- Performs up to 22% better in Rust than Radeon RX 480 - 123 vs 101 FPS
- Up to 18% better value when playing Rust than Radeon RX 480 - $2.44 vs $2.96 per FPS
- Up to 50% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 480 - 12 vs 8 GB
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480
- Up to 0% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3060 - $299.0 vs $299.99
- Consumes up to 12% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 - 150 vs 170 Watts
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
FPS
123
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.44/FPS
100%
Price, $
$299.99
99%
FPS and Value Winner
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Radeon RX 480
Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3060
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Pixel Fillrate
85.3 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
199 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon RX 480
Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
40.51 GPixel/s
47%
Texel Fillrate
182.3 GTexel/s
91%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 480 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 12th, 2021 | Release Date | Jun 29th, 2016 |
| GeForce 30 | Generation | Arctic Islands |
| $329 | MSRP | $229 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 1x 12-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 192-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
360 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256 GB/s |
1320 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1120 MHz |
1777 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1266 MHz |
| 1875 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce RTX 3060 or Radeon RX 480
Rust, 1920 x 1080, High
107 FPS
$11.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-13700
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$13.42/FPS
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Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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88 FPS
$11.48/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700KF
32 GB, N/A Storage
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73 FPS
$13.63/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5600G
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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93 FPS
$13.52/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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51 FPS
$18.65/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-10400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$16.78/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5600G
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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93 FPS
$18.81/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-12700F
64 GB, 2 TB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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82 FPS
$8.54/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 7 5700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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81 FPS
$17.16/FPS
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Core i7-11700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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