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Radeon RX 7600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 7600 leads on 5 of 7 shared benchmarks (26% in 3DMark Time Spy); the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB takes 2 (12% in 3DMark Speed Way). On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 7600 generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 59.5 for the NVIDIA 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB. Released 2023 (Radeon RX 7600), 2021 (NVIDIA 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.

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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 7600NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
vram gb 812
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 Overclocking.com, 3DMark, Legit Reviews, Tweaktown, Wccftech, LanOC Reviews, IDC, 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.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 7600NVIDIA 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 points21,653 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews, 3DMark, Tweaktown, Wccftech		 5,591 points5,074 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: LanOC Reviews, Overclocking.com, 3DMark		 1,954 points2,192 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 2,312 points1,976 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: IDC, Overclocking.com, 3DMark		 11,049 points8,747 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews		 —9,755 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 pts984 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 16,521 pts16,969 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 7600

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 7600 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB?

The Radeon RX 7600 leads on 5 of 7 shared benchmarks (26% in 3DMark Time Spy); the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB takes 2 (12% 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (per TyoLab), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 7600 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 7600 launched at a $269 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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