AMD Radeon RX 480
VS
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
AMD Radeon RX 480
VS
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 480 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

153
Place in performance rating
not rated
49.01
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Polaris
Architecture
Ampere
Ellesmere
Code name
no data
Desktop
Type
no data
29 June 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
1 September 2021 (less than a year ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
$329
$480 (2.1x MSRP)
Price now
no data
reference
Design
no data
4th Gen
GCN generation
no data
23.23
Value for money
no data
Polaris 10 Ellesmere
GPU code name
GA104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 480 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2304
Pipelines
no data
1120 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
1266 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
5,700 million
Transistor count
no data
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
182.3
Texture fill rate
199.0
5,834 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
36
Compute units
no data
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
1266 MHz
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
5,700 million
Number of transistors
17,400 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
170 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 480 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
241 mm
Length
242 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
n/a
Bus support
no data
1
Bridgeless CrossFire
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon RX 480 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
2000 MHz
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 480 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1
Eyefinity
no data
2.0
HDMI
+
1.4HDR
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 480 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 is the additional functionality.

no data
CUDA
8.6
n/a
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FRTC
no data
+
FreeSync
no data
n/a
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
+
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
n/a
TrueAudio
no data
+
ZeroCore
no data
+
VCE
no data
n/a
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data
+
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 480 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
1.2
6.4
Shader Model
6.6
2.0
OpenCL
3.0
n/a
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 480 and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon RX 480 or GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480 104 65.8 51.6 32.3 17.2
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480

40.31% faster in synthetic tests

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 GA104

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 14 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (360.0 GB/s vs 224 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon RX 480 or GeForce RTX 3060 GA104?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 480 .

AMD Radeon RX 480 versus GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 480
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score GeForce RTX 3060 GA104