Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8GB AMD 50 Gold Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Comparison of GPU cores for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X and Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8GB AMD 50 Gold Edition graphics cards. The GPU core data contains the number of blocks (in the AMD documentation these blocks are called Shader Engine (SE), while Nvidia calls them Graphics Processing Clusters (GPC), words are different, the essence is the same) and ROP/TMUs (Raster Processing Units). These characteristics have a great influence on the GPU computing power.

• GPU Chip
  GA104 Polaris 30 XT (GCN 4)
• Execution units
  38 36
• Shader
  4864 2304
• Render Output Units
  80 32
• Texture Units
  152 144
• Raytracing Cores
  38 0

The values comparison for the amount, type and speed of memory, along with the bandwidth in the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X and Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8GB AMD 50 Gold Edition GPUs. A sufficiently large amount of graphics memory with high frequency and adequate bandwidth positively affects the speed of high resolution texture processing.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6X GDDR5
• Memory Clock
  1.188 GHz 2.100 GHz
• Memory Speed
  19 Gbps 8.4 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  608 GB/s 269 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the base and maximum frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X and Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8GB AMD 50 Gold Edition graphics cards. These values are not displayed in the BIOS, but can be viewed with the help of diagnostic utilities such as GPU-Z or Everest.

• Base Clock
  1.410 GHz 1.469 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.665 GHz 1.560 GHz+ 1 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  --

Comparison of the thermal design power of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X and Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8GB AMD 50 Gold Edition GPUs. The TDP number determines the maximum power consumption of your graphics card. The specifications for computer ventilation and power supply are often based on the TDP numbers and should be optimized for it.

• TDP
  225 W 225 W

In this section, we'll explore what functions the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X and Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8GB AMD 50 Gold Edition GPUs have. In addition, we have added ray tracing support to achieve the proper simulation of light rays and shadows. The list can vary slightly depending on the manufacturer.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 (Ultimate) 12
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes Yes

Let's compare how NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X and Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8GB AMD 50 Gold Edition support popular codecs h264, VP8, h265 / HEVC, VP9 and AV1. The availability of such video codecs helps reduce the load on the graphics card during the playback or creation of videos. This has a positive effect on reducing power consumption and heat generation by the GPU.

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

Here you can find information about the type (for desktops or laptops) and architecture of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X and Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8GB AMD 50 Gold Edition, along with the sales starting time and the price at that moment. We provide a link to the GPU specifications directly from its manufacturer.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Structure size
  8 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q4/2018
• Launch Price
  399 $ 299 $