Sapphire Radeon VII vs ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Radeon VII and ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon VII NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
• GPU Chip
  Vega 20 XT GA106-300-A1
• Execution units
  60 28
• Shader
  3840 3584
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Texture Units
  240 112

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

• Memory Size
  16 GB 12 GB
• Memory Type
  HBM2 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  1 GHz 1.875 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  1024 GB/s 360 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  4096 bit 192 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Sapphire Radeon VII and ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.400 GHz 1.320 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.750 GHz 1.912 GHz+ 7 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.882 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  300 W 170 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 210 W+ 24 %
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Sapphire Radeon VII and ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 75 mm 3 x 95 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  32 dB 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  52 dB 32-34 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 2x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  3x 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_1 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  Non addressable LED ASUS Aura Sync

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  268 mm 300 mm
• Height
  120 mm 134 mm
• Width
  42 mm 54 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  1280 g 1123 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 OC Edition and Sapphire Radeon VII.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q1/2021
• Release price
  -- 579 $
• Structure size
  7 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  21291-01-40G ROG-STRIX-RTX3060-O12G-GAMING
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet