Radeon RX 6700 vs GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The Radeon RX 6700 is ahead of the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 1% to 28%, including 28% in 3DMark Time Spy (11,178 vs 8,718). On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 6700 generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 59.5 for the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (per TyoLab), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6700 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
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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 6700 | GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 10 | 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 3DMark, The FPS Review, WCCFTech, TopCPU.net, UL Benchmarks, AlkTech, Gizbot, 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.
| Benchmark | Radeon RX 6700 | GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: 3DMark |
— | 21,653 points |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: The FPS Review, 3DMark, WCCFTech |
5,839 points | 5,168 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, TopCPU.net |
— | 2,294 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (RX 6700 XT) (higher is better) Source: 3DMark |
2,270 points | — |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: UL Benchmarks |
2,003 points | 1,974 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 (Graphics Score) (higher is better) Source: 3DMark |
2,002 points | — |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad Graphics Score (RX 6700 XT) (higher is better) Source: UL Benchmarks |
2,425 points | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: AlkTech, The FPS Review, Gizbot, 3DMark, TopCPU.net |
11,178 points | 8,718 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 |
940 pts | — |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
18,927 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 6700
- qwen3:8b: 711.0 tok/s (LocalLLaMA)
- llama2:7b: 83.9 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #10879)
- llama2:7b: 83.9 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub)
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
- llama3.2:1b: 211.9 tok/s (TYO Lab blog)
- llama3.2:1b: 211.9 tok/s (TyoLab)
- llama3.2:1b: 185.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6700 or the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB?
The Radeon RX 6700 is ahead of the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 1% to 28%, including 28% in 3DMark Time Spy (11,178 vs 8,718).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 6700 generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 59.5 for the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (per TyoLab), best community run on file for each.
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