Graphics cards compared

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

  • The AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT launched $50 lower ($279 vs $329).
  • The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB has more video memory (12 GB vs 6 GB).
  • The AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT draws less power (160 W vs 170 W board power).
AMD

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

PCIe 4.0 x16 · 6 GB GDDR6

Launched at $279

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NVIDIA

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

PCIe 4.0 x16 · 12 GB GDDR6

Launched at $329

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Specs side by side

4 of 5 differ, marked. Speed isn't compared here: we only list specs we can source.

SpecAMD Radeon RX 5600 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
PCIe linkPCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Video memory6 GB GDDR612 GB GDDR6
Board power160 W170 W
SeriesRadeon RX 5000 seriesGeForce RTX 30 series
LaunchedJan 21, 2020February 25, 2021

Sources

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

  1. Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units · CC BY-SA 4.0

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

  1. Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units · CC BY-SA 4.0

Specs last checked Oct 19, 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.