ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB vs EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB and EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
• GPU Chip
  Navi 24 GA106-300-A1
• Execution units
  16 28
• Shader
  1024 3584
• Render Output Units
  32 64
• Texture Units
  64 112

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  4 GB 12 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2.25 GHz 1.875 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  144 GB/s 360 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  64 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB and EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  2.200 GHz 1.320 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.815 GHz 1.882 GHz+ 6 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.610 GHz 1.777 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  107 W 170 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 180 W+ 6 %
• Tjunction max
  110 °C --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB and EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  1 x 100 mm 2 x 90 mm
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- 36 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  2 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  1x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_2
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting Addressable LED

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No Decode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  179 mm 202 mm
• Height
  124 mm 110 mm
• Width
  40 mm 42 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  385 g --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming and ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 4 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2021
• Release price
  -- 499 $
• Structure size
  6 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  RX6500XT CLI 4G 12G-P5-3657-KR
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet