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Radeon RX 7800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 7800 XT leads on 7 of 8 shared benchmarks (54% in 3DMark Time Spy); the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti takes 1 (7% in 3DMark Fire Strike). On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti generates 57.3 tokens/s (per DatabaseMart) against 38.9 for the Radeon RX 7800 XT (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 7800 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Released 2023 (Radeon RX 7800 XT), 2020 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti). MSRP range: $499 · $399. 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 7800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
vram gb 168
vram type —GDDR6
tdp w —200
cuda cores —4864

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, KitGuru, Notebookcheck, Wccftech, WePC, HotHardware, Legit Reviews, Overclock3D, 3DMark 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 7800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
3DMark DirectX Raytracing Feature Test 2.0 (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com		 32—
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru, Notebookcheck, Overclocking.com		 27,435 points29,426 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —13,898 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 25,561 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: WePC, Notebookcheck		 12,331 points7,126 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 12,877 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: HotHardware, WePC, Legit Reviews, Overclock3D, 3DMark, Wccftech		 10,318 points7,038 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, HWBOT, Overclock3D, 3DMark, Wccftech		 3,757 points3,297 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 4,573 points2,689 points
3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 4,152 points—
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, Legit Reviews, 3DMark		 18,928 points12,253 points
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech		 19,305 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 7800 XT

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 7800 XT or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti?

The Radeon RX 7800 XT leads on 7 of 8 shared benchmarks (54% in 3DMark Time Spy); the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti takes 1 (7% in 3DMark Fire Strike).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti generates 57.3 tokens/s (per DatabaseMart) against 38.9 for the Radeon RX 7800 XT (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 7800 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 7800 XT launched at a $499 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti at $399. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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