Radeon RX 6400 vs GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB is ahead of the Radeon RX 6400 on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 103% to 144%, including 131% in 3DMark Time Spy (8,718 vs 3,769).
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6400 and the 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.
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.
Where to buy
A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.
Specs side-by-side
| Spec | Radeon RX 6400 | GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 4 | 12 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Tom's Hardware, 3DMark, WCCFTech, TopCPU.net, UL Benchmarks, TechPowerUp, CpuTronic, HardwareDB, Geekbench Browser, PassMark and AlkTech; 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.
| Benchmark | Radeon RX 6400 | GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, 3DMark |
10,666 pts | 21,653 points |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, WCCFTech |
— | 5,168 points |
| 3DMark Solar Bay (higher is better) Source: 3DMark |
15,202 points | — |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, TopCPU.net |
— | 2,294 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: UL Benchmarks |
— | 1,974 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp, 3DMark, CpuTronic, TopCPU.net |
3,769 pts | 8,718 points |
| 3DMark Wild Life (higher is better) Source: 3DMark |
25,090 points | — |
| Geekbench 6 OpenCL (higher is better) Source: HardwareDB, Geekbench Browser |
33,586 points | 82,071 points |
| Geekbench 6 Vulkan (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser |
— | 91,383 points |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
737 pts | — |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
7,744 pts | — |
| Unigine Heaven 4.0 (higher is better) Source: AlkTech |
1,172 points | — |
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 6400
No verified AI inference results on file. See the Radeon RX 6400 benchmark page →
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
- llama3.2:1b: 211.9 tok/s (TyoLab)
- llama3.2:1b: 211.9 tok/s (TYO Lab blog)
- llama3.2:1b: 185.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6400 or the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB?
The GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB is ahead of the Radeon RX 6400 on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 103% to 144%, including 131% in 3DMark Time Spy (8,718 vs 3,769).
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