Radeon RX 580 vs GeForce RTX 3060 for Gaming

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The Radeon RX 580 is at least much slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3060, however, it's a slightly better value for money, as it's $167.15 cheaper!

Advantages of the Radeon RX 580

Up to 53% cheaper – $149.99 vs $317.14
A slightly better value for money for gaming

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3060

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Consumes up to 8% less energy – 170 vs 185 Watts
Up to 50% more VRAM memory – 12 vs 8 GB

Radeon RX 580 vs GeForce RTX 3060 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

Radeon RX 580

Apr 18th, 2017

Average FPS

71%

Min 1% FPS

64%

Price, $

$149.99

100%

Value, $/FPS

$2.14/FPS

100%

XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 1386MHz OC+, 8GB GDDR5, VR Ready, Dual BIOS, 3xDP HDMI DVI, AMD Graphics Card (RX-580P8DFD6)

Xynsviu Radeon RX580 4G Graphics Card, with 6 HDMI Monitor Graphics Card,Computer PC GPU GDDR5 128 Bit DirectX 12 PCI Express X16 3.0, DisplayPort Low-Profile Video Cards (6HDMI AMD RX 580 4G)

Buy on Amazon

$249.00

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

KAER AMD Radeon RX 580 Graphics Card, 8GB, GDDR5, 256 Bit, DirectX 12, PCI Express 3.0, DP/HDMI/DVI-D, Desktop Gaming Video Card, Computer GPU…

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$317.14

47%

Value, $/FPS

$3.2/FPS

67%

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

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G OC, Gaming Graphics Card - NVIDIA RTX 3060, 12GB GDDR6 Memory, 192-bit, 15 Gbps

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

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

MSI Geforce RTX 3060 Gaming X, 12gb, Gddr6, 192-bit, 912-v397-019 Video Card, Model: V397-019R

Radeon RX 580 vs GeForce RTX 3060 in My Games

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

Radeon RX 580

Apr 18th, 2017

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The Radeon RX 580 vs GeForce RTX 3060 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

Radeon RX 580

Apr 18th, 2017

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4347

50%

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

8747

100%

Performance Specifications

The Radeon RX 580 vs GeForce RTX 3060 in core GPU performance specifications

Radeon RX 580

Apr 18th, 2017

Memory

8 GB

67%

Memory Bandwidth

256 GB/s

71%

Pixel Fillrate

42.88 GPixel/s

50%

Texture Fillrate

193 GTexel/s

97%

FP32

6.175 TFLOPS

48%

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

Memory

12 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

360 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

12.74 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

Radeon RX 580	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 3060
General
Apr 18th, 2017	Release Date	Jan 12th, 2021
$229.00	MSRP	$329.00
Polaris	Generation	GeForce 30
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
185 W	Power Consumption	170 W
Memory
8 GB	Memory Size	12 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Memory Bus	192-bit
256 GB/s	Bandwidth	360 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
42.88 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	85.3 GPixel/s
193 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	199 GTexel/s
6.175 TFLOPS	FP32	12.74 TFLOPS