Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Prices and Stock
MSRP $199

MSI Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 64-bit 4GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI PCIe 4 Torx Twin Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready OC Graphics Card (RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC)

PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6 Memory

ME2 MichaelElectronics2 ASRock Phantom Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 4GB GDDR6 Graphic Card, 1 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI, 4GB GDDR6, AMD FidelityFX Technology, RDNA 2 Architecture, RX6500XT PGD 4GO

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Graphics Card GDDR6 1080 FHD 4GB PCIE HDMI Video Card

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Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB outperforms Radeon RX 6500 XT on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB is 266 days newer than Radeon RX 6500 XT.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT

Consumes up to 37% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - 107 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Performs up to 24% better in The Last of Us Part I than Radeon RX 6500 XT - 47 vs 38 FPS
Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 8 vs 4 GB

This is a free version of The Last of Us Part I.

The Last of Us Part I

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

FPS

81%

Value, $/FPS

$5.89/FPS

100%

Price, $

$224

100%

Value Winner

MSI Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 64-bit 4GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI PCIe 4 Torx Twin Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready OC Graphics Card (RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC)

Buy for $224 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 192 minutes ago

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022

FPS

100%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

FPS Winner

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022

1920 x 1080

Very High

390

FPS

388

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

110

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

402

FPS

382

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

High

676

FPS

624

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Best Looking

198

FPS

182

FPS

Dota 2

Theoretical Performance

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

91%

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Desktop • Oct 12th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

95%

Texel Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon RX 6500 XT	vs	GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Jan 19th, 2022	Release Date	Oct 12th, 2022
Navi II	Generation	GeForce 30
$199	MSRP	Not Available
1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 12-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR6
64-bit	Bus	128-bit
143.9 GB/s	Bandwidth	240 GB/s
2310 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1320 MHz
2815 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1777 MHz
2248 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1875 MHz