AMD Radeon RX 470 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Ellesmere | GA106 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Polaris 10 PRO (215-0876204) | — |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Ampere |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | Samsung |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | 8 nm |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 13,250 million |
| Die size | 232 mm² | 276 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Aug 4th, 2016 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Arctic Islands | — |
| Production | Active | — |
| Launch price | 179 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 46 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Pirate Islands | — |
| Successor | Polaris | — |
Clocks
| Base clock | 926 MHz | 817 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1206 MHz | 1282 MHz |
| Memory clock | 1650 MHz 6.6 Gbps effective | 1500 MHz 12 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 4 GB | 6 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 192 bit |
| Bandwidth | 211.2 GB/s | 288.0 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 2048 | 3840 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 128 | 120 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Compute units | 32 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 128 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| SM count | — | 30 |
| Tensor cores | — | 120 |
| RT cores | — | 30 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 38.59 GPixel/s | 61.54 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 154.4 GTexel/s | 153.8 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 4.940 TFLOPS (1:1) | 9.846 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 4.940 TFLOPS | 9.846 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 308.7 GFLOPS (1:16) | 153.8 GFLOPS (1:64) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 240 mm 9.4 inches | — |
| Width | 95 mm 3.7 inches | — |
| Height | 35 mm 1.4 inches | — |
| TDP | 120 W | 60 W |
| Suggested PSU | 300 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
| Board number | C940, D000-03, D009-07 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 6.6 |
| CUDA | — | 8.6 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Jan 12th, 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| gpu.details.availability | — | Feb 2nd, 2021 |
| Generation | — | GeForce 30 Mobile |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 20 Mobile |
| Production | — | Active |
| Interface | — | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 1 in our database |
