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Radeon RX 9070 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 9070 XT is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 34% to 260%, including 240% in 3DMark Time Spy (29,716 vs 8,747). On qwen3:14b, the Radeon RX 9070 XT generates 52.2 tokens/s (per hirokuze (GitHub)) against 33.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (per TYO Lab blog), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 9070 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB. Released 2025 (Radeon RX 9070 XT), 2021 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB). MSRP range: $599 · $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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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 9070 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
vram gb 1612
vram type GDDR6GDDR6
tdp w 304170
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 LANOC, 3DMark, Legit Reviews, Wccftech, Overclocking.com, 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 9070 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, 3DMark		 67,167 pts21,653 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: LANOC		 33,887 pts—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, Legit Reviews, 3DMark, Wccftech		 18,240 points5,074 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, 3DMark		 6,267 pts2,192 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, Overclocking.com, 3DMark		 7,025 points1,976 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, 3DMark		 29,716 pts8,747 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews		 —9,755 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: LANOC		 14,367 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		 1,318 pts984 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 26,908 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 9070 XT

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 9070 XT or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB?

The Radeon RX 9070 XT is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 34% to 260%, including 240% in 3DMark Time Spy (29,716 vs 8,747).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:14b, the Radeon RX 9070 XT generates 52.2 tokens/s (per hirokuze (GitHub)) against 33.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (per TYO Lab blog), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 9070 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 9070 XT launched at a $599 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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