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Radeon RX 6700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 — 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 takes 1 (3% in PassMark G2D Mark). On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 generates 26.4 tokens/s (per LocalScore.ai) against 15.7 for the Radeon RX 6700 XT (per LocalScore), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6700 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060. 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
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, The FPS Review, WCCFTech, Legit Reviews, TopCPU.net, HWBOT, CpuTronic, TechPowerUp, PassMark and Tom's Hardware; 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
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —21,653 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: The FPS Review, WCCFTech, Legit Reviews, 3DMark		 5,839 points5,074 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net, 3DMark		 2,311 points2,170 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, HWBOT, CpuTronic		 2,546 points1,984 points
3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 Graphics Score (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —1,978 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: The FPS Review, TechPowerUp, TopCPU.net, 3DMark		 10,779 points8,747 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews		 —9,755 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 954 pts984 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 19,731 points16,969 pts
Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 —12 rank

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

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Quick answers

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

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

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 generates 26.4 tokens/s (per LocalScore.ai) against 15.7 for the Radeon RX 6700 XT (per LocalScore), best community run on file for each.

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

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

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