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Radeon RX 6700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 6700 XT leads on 5 of 6 shared benchmarks (23% in 3DMark Time Spy); the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB takes 1 (3% in PassMark G2D Mark). On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB generates 26.6 tokens/s (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)) against 15.7 for the Radeon RX 6700 XT (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6700 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB. Both released in 2021. MSRP range: $479 · $329. 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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Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
vram gb 1212
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, Wccftech, The FPS Review, Legit Reviews, HWBOT, TechPowerUp and Geekbench Browser; 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 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —21,653 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (Graphics score, reported rounded) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 17,400 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (Graphics score, reported rounded) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 8,500 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: The FPS Review, Legit Reviews, 3DMark, Wccftech		 5,839 points5,074 points
3DMark Port Royal (reported rounded) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 5,800 points—
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 2,311 points2,192 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, HWBOT		 2,546 points1,976 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: The FPS Review, TechPowerUp, 3DMark		 10,779 points8,747 points
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics score, reported rounded) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 12,000 points—
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews		 —9,755 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (Graphics score, reported rounded) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 5,600 points—
Geekbench 6 OpenCL (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser		 —82,071 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 6700 XT

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6700 XT or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB?

The Radeon RX 6700 XT leads on 5 of 6 shared benchmarks (23% in 3DMark Time Spy); the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB takes 1 (3% in PassMark G2D Mark).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB generates 26.6 tokens/s (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)) against 15.7 for the Radeon RX 6700 XT (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 6700 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 6700 XT launched at a $479 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB at $329. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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