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Radeon RX 5700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB generates 64.5 tokens/s (per tyolab.com) against 25.4 for the Radeon RX 5700 XT (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 5700 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 5700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
vram gb 812
vram type —GDDR6
tdp w —170
cuda cores —3584

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from 3DMark, Modders Inc, Legit Reviews, Wccftech, TechPowerUp, PCBench, Geekbench Browser and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 5700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —21,653 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: Modders Inc		 6,102 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews, 3DMark, Wccftech		 —5,074 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —2,192 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 2,116 points1,976 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, 3DMark, PCBench		 8,710 points8,747 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews		 —9,755 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Modders Inc		 3,950 points—
Geekbench 6 OpenCL (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser		 —82,071 points
Geekbench 6 Vulkan (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser		 —91,383 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —984 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —16,969 pts

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Radeon RX 5700 XT

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

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Quick answers

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB generates 64.5 tokens/s (per tyolab.com) against 25.4 for the Radeon RX 5700 XT (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.

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