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Radeon RX 6950 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 6950 XT is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 10% to 113%, including 113% in 3DMark Port Royal (10,824 vs 5,074). On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 generates 26.4 tokens/s (per LocalScore.ai) against 3.3 for the Radeon RX 6950 XT (per LocalScore.ai), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6950 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060. Released 2022 (Radeon RX 6950 XT), 2021 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060). MSRP range: $1,099 · $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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*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

SpecRadeon RX 6950 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
vram gb 1612
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, HWBOT Community Forums, TopCPU.net, UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic, AlkTech, TechPowerUp, Digital Trends, Guru3D and HWBOT; 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 6950 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, 3DMark		 28,900 pts21,653 points
3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics Score) (higher is better)
Source: WCCFTech		 61,950 points—
3DMark Fire Strike (Overall Score) (higher is better)
Source: WCCFTech		 43,823 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 16,355 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: WCCFTech, Legit Reviews, HWBOT Community Forums, 3DMark		 10,824 points5,074 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net, 3DMark		 4,394 points2,170 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic		 4,215 points1,984 points
3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 Graphics Score (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks, 3DMark		 —1,978 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: AlkTech, TechPowerUp, TopCPU.net, Digital Trends, Guru3D, 3DMark		 17,050 points8,747 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews		 —9,755 points
3DMark Time Spy (Overall Score) (higher is better)
Source: WCCFTech		 19,696 points—
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: HWBOT		 12,409 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 6950 XT

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6950 XT or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060?

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 10% to 113%, including 113% in 3DMark Port Royal (10,824 vs 5,074).

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 3.3 for the Radeon RX 6950 XT (per LocalScore.ai), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 6950 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 6950 XT launched at a $1,099 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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