Radeon RX 7600 vs GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The Radeon RX 7600 leads on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks (27% in 3DMark Time Spy); the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB takes 1 (17% in 3DMark Speed Way). On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 7600 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 7600 and the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB. MSRP range: $269 · $329. 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
*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 7600 | GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 8 | 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 Overclocking.com, 3DMark, Tweaktown, WCCFTech, LanOC Reviews, TopCPU.net, UL Benchmarks, IDC, Geekbench Browser, 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.
| Benchmark | Radeon RX 7600 | GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark DirectX Raytracing Feature Test (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com |
19 fps | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark |
29,054 points | 21,653 points |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, Tweaktown, WCCFTech |
5,591 points | 5,168 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: LanOC Reviews, Overclocking.com, 3DMark, TopCPU.net |
1,954 points | 2,294 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: UL Benchmarks |
2,312 points | 1,974 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: IDC, Overclocking.com, 3DMark, TopCPU.net |
11,049 points | 8,718 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com |
5,442 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 |
986 pts | — |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
16,521 pts | — |
| Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware |
396 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 7600
- qwen3:8b: 711.0 tok/s (LocalLLaMA)
- llama2:7b: 58.0 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #10879)
- llama2:7b: 58.0 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub Discussions)
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
- llama3.2:1b: 211.9 tok/s (TyoLab)
- llama3.2:1b: 211.9 tok/s (TYO Lab blog)
- llama3.2:1b: 185.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Radeon RX 7600 or the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB?
The Radeon RX 7600 leads on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks (27% in 3DMark Time Spy); the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB takes 1 (17% in 3DMark Speed Way).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 7600 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.
What did the Radeon RX 7600 and the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB cost at launch?
The Radeon RX 7600 launched at a $269 MSRP and the 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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