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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

AMD Radeon R9 280X

AMD Radeon R9 280X

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

375%
375%

AMD Radeon R9 280X

27%
27%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is approximately 348% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 TiAMD Radeon R9 280X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GA104
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
4864
2048
TMUsDifferent
152
128
ROPsDifferent
80
32
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 TiAMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU NameDifferent
GA104
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
GA104-200-A1
Tahiti XTL(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
Ampere
GCN 1.0
FoundryDifferent
Samsung
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
8 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
17,400 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
44.4M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
392 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2713
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 TiAMD Radeon R9 280X
Release DateDifferent
Dec 1st, 2020
Oct 8th, 2013
AvailabilityDifferent
Dec 2nd, 2020
N/A
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 30
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 20
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 40
Pirate Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
399 USD
299 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
66 in our database
105 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 TiAMD Radeon R9 280X
Base ClockDifferent
1410 MHz
850 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
1665 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1750 MHz14 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 TiAMD Radeon R9 280X
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
448.0 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 TiAMD Radeon R9 280X
Shading UnitsDifferent
4864
2048
TMUsDifferent
152
128
ROPsDifferent
80
32
SM CountDifferent
38
N/A
Tensor CoresDifferent
152
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
38
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
768 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
32

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 TiAMD Radeon R9 280X
Pixel RateDifferent
133.2 GPixel/s
32.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
253.1 GTexel/s
128.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
16.20 TFLOPS
4.096 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
1,024.0 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 TiAMD Radeon R9 280X
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
242 mm9.5 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
112 mm4.4 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
TDPDifferent
200 W
250 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
550 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 12-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG142 SKU 20
C386
WidthDifferent
N/A
36 mm1.4 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 TiAMD Radeon R9 280X
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
3.0
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
8.6
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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