NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
VS
AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
VS
AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

31
Place in performance rating
163
1.25
Value for money (0-100)
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Ampere
Architecture
RDNA 1.0
GA106
Code name
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Desktop
Type
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12 January 2021
Release date
4 August 2020 (1 year ago)
$329
Launch price (MSRP)
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$420
Price now
$2499
Value for money
6.79
GPU code name
Navi 14
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

3584
Pipelines
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1320 MHz
Core clock speed
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1778 MHz
Boost Clock
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13,250 million
Transistor count
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8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
170 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
198.0
Texture fill rate
168.7
8.6
CUDA cores
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
Boost clock speed
1757 MHz
Number of transistors
6,400 million
Thermal design power (TDP)
125 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
242 mm 9.5 inches
Length
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1x 12-pin (8+4)
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 4.0 x16
Bus support
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112 mm 4.4 inches
Width
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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 NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR6
12 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
192 bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT, the size and number of monitors.

Display Connectors
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1x
HDMI
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3x
DisplayPort support
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT is the additional functionality.

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
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4.6
OpenGL
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1.2
Vulkan
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3.0
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT 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 NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT
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 NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060

Cheaper ($420 vs $2499)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 8 GB)

More memory bandwidth (360.0 GB/s vs 224.0 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT

30.29% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 8 nm)

So, NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT .

NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 versus AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT