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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AMD Radeon R9 380

AMD Radeon R9 380

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

321%
321%

AMD Radeon R9 380

31%
31%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB is approximately 290% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBAMD Radeon R9 380
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GA106
Antigua
CoresDifferent
3584
1792
TMUs
112
112
ROPsDifferent
48
32
Memory SizeDifferent
12 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
192 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBAMD Radeon R9 380
GPU NameDifferent
GA106
Antigua
GPU VariantDifferent
GA106-300-A1
Antigua PRO(215-0877000)
ArchitectureDifferent
Ampere
GCN 3.0
FoundryDifferent
Samsung
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
8 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
12,000 million
5,000 million
DensityDifferent
43.5M / mm²
13.7M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
276 mm²
366 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2713
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBAMD Radeon R9 380
Release DateDifferent
Jan 12th, 2021
Jun 18th, 2015
AvailabilityDifferent
Feb 25th, 2021
N/A
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 30
Pirate Islands(R9 300)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 20
Volcanic Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 40
Arctic Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
329 USD
199 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
61 in our database
39 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBAMD Radeon R9 380
Base ClockDifferent
1320 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
1777 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
1875 MHz15 Gbps effective
1375 MHz5.5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
970 MHz

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBAMD Radeon R9 380
Memory SizeDifferent
12 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
192 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
360.0 GB/s
176.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBAMD Radeon R9 380
Shading UnitsDifferent
3584
1792
TMUs
112
112
ROPsDifferent
48
32
SM CountDifferent
28
N/A
Tensor CoresDifferent
112
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
28
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
3 MB
512 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
28

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBAMD Radeon R9 380
Pixel RateDifferent
85.30 GPixel/s
31.04 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
199.0 GTexel/s
108.6 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
3.476 TFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float)Different
12.74 TFLOPS
3.476 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
217.3 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBAMD Radeon R9 380
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
242 mm9.5 inches
221 mm8.7 inches
HeightDifferent
112 mm4.4 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
TDPDifferent
170 W
190 W
Suggested PSU
450 W
450 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 12-pin
2x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG190 SKU 60
C766

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBAMD Radeon R9 380
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
3.0
2.1
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
8.6
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5

Comparison Summary

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