Radeon RX 6400 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is ahead of the Radeon RX 6400 on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 34% to 132%, including 132% in 3DMark Time Spy (8,747 vs 3,769).
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6400 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
*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 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 4 | 12 |
| 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 Tom's Hardware, 3DMark, WCCFTech, Legit Reviews, TopCPU.net, CpuTronic, TechPowerUp, HardwareDB 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.
| Benchmark | Radeon RX 6400 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, 3DMark |
10,666 pts | 21,653 points |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: WCCFTech, Legit Reviews, 3DMark |
— | 5,074 points |
| 3DMark Solar Bay (higher is better) Source: 3DMark |
15,202 points | — |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: TopCPU.net, 3DMark |
— | 2,170 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, CpuTronic |
— | 1,984 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 Graphics Score (higher is better) Source: 3DMark |
— | 1,978 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp, TopCPU.net, 3DMark, CpuTronic |
3,769 pts | 8,747 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better) Source: Legit Reviews |
— | 9,755 points |
| 3DMark Wild Life (higher is better) Source: 3DMark |
25,090 points | — |
| Geekbench 6 OpenCL (higher is better) Source: HardwareDB |
33,586 points | — |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
737 pts | 984 pts |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
7,744 pts | 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 6400
No verified AI inference results on file. See the Radeon RX 6400 benchmark page →
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- llama3.2:1b: 184.0 tok/s (LocalScore.ai)
- llama3.2:3b: 128.3 tok/s (tyolab.com)
- llama3.2:3b: 128.3 tok/s (tyolab.com)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6400 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is ahead of the Radeon RX 6400 on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 34% to 132%, including 132% in 3DMark Time Spy (8,747 vs 3,769).
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