Radeon RX 7700 XT vs GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The Radeon RX 7700 XT is ahead of the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 39% to 97%, including 97% in 3DMark Time Spy (17,177 vs 8,718). On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 7700 XT 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 7700 XT and the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB. 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
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Where to buy
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Specs side-by-side
| Spec | Radeon RX 7700 XT | GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 12 | 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, LanOC Reviews, Notebookcheck, 3DMark, WCCFTech, Hyper Cyber, TopCPU.net, UL Solutions, Tom's Hardware, 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.
| Benchmark | Radeon RX 7700 XT | GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark DirectX Raytracing Feature Test (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com |
31 fps | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: LanOC Reviews, Notebookcheck, 3DMark |
42,170 points | 21,653 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
21,006 points | — |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, WCCFTech, Hyper Cyber |
9,166 points | 5,168 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, TopCPU.net |
3,180 points | 2,294 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: UL Solutions |
3,320 points | 1,974 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, LanOC Reviews, TopCPU.net |
17,177 points | 8,718 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com |
8,133 points | — |
| Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware |
42,500 pts | — |
| 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 |
1,160 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.
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
- llama3.2:1b: 211.9 tok/s (TYO Lab blog)
- llama3.2:1b: 211.9 tok/s (TyoLab)
- llama3.2:1b: 185.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Radeon RX 7700 XT or the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB?
The Radeon RX 7700 XT is ahead of the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 39% to 97%, including 97% in 3DMark Time Spy (17,177 vs 8,718).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 7700 XT 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.
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