AMD Radeon RX 570X vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Comparison

The recorded head-to-head data between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and the AMD Radeon RX 570X is unusually lopsided: the RTX 3060 Ti wins all three direct benchmark comparisons, and the scale of the gaps, particularly in the general 3D test, places these two cards in entirely different performance classes. The RTX 3060 Ti sits at the 59th percentile versus all GPUs in the database with an average benchmark score of 16129, while the RX 570X records an average of 13871 at the 55th percentile. Those percentile positions look deceptively close, but the underlying test scores tell a far more dramatic story, because the averages are computed across different mixes of available benchmarks, and the RX 570X simply has fewer recorded results in the database. This analysis walks through the head-to-head numbers, the architectural reasons behind them, and the narrow scenarios where the older card still makes sense.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

Only three tests appear in the recorded head-to-head set, and the NVIDIA card sweeps all three with a combined wins count of 3 to 0.

The most consequential result is passmark_g3d, the general 3D graphics benchmark and the closest proxy in this dataset for real-world gaming capability. The RTX 3060 Ti scores 20349; the RX 570X scores 1923. That is a delta of 958.2 percent, meaning the Ampere card delivers roughly ten times the throughput of the Polaris part in the database's broadest graphics workload. A gap of this magnitude is not a generational step, it is a reclassification: the RX 570X cannot be considered a peer contender in any modern 3D rendering context when the recorded data shows a near order-of-magnitude deficit.

Geekbench OpenCL, which measures general GPU compute through the OpenCL API, shows a similar pattern in relative terms. The RTX 3060 Ti records 78927 against the RX 570X's 38939, a 102.7 percent advantage for NVIDIA, effectively double the compute performance. The underlying silicon explains much of this: 4864 shading units versus 2048, 16.20 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput versus 5.095 TFLOPS, and 152 tensor cores on the NVIDIA card where the AMD part has none. For any workload that leans on GPU compute, whether OpenCL-accelerated applications or cross-engine compute tasks, the data shows the RTX 3060 Ti delivering approximately twice the output.

The smallest gap is in passmark_g2d, the 2D graphics test. Here the RTX 3060 Ti scores 989 against 750 for the RX 570X, a 31.9 percent advantage. Two-dimensional operations such as desktop composition and video surface blitting are far less demanding on shader throughput, so the massive hardware disparity is partially masked. Even so, the NVIDIA card still wins comfortably, and there is no recorded test in the database where the RX 570X comes out ahead.

For context, the RTX 3060 Ti's nearest rivals in the database include the AMD Radeon RX 9060 (average score 16014, within 0.7 percent), the Radeon Pro 5600M (16351, 1.4 percent ahead), the RX 5700 XT (16361, 1.4 percent ahead), and the R9 370X (15862, 1.7 percent behind). The RX 570X's own rival cluster, including the RTX A2000 Mobile at 13821 and the Radeon 660M at 13812, both within 0.4 percent, confirms its position in a lower tier of the database rankings.

FAQ

Q: Is the RTX 3060 Ti faster than the RX 570X in gaming?

A: Yes, decisively. The passmark_g3d score of 20349 versus 1923 represents a 958.2 percent advantage for the RTX 3060 Ti, roughly a tenfold difference in general 3D throughput according to the recorded data.

Q: How do the two compare in GPU compute workloads?

A: The Geekbench OpenCL results show 78927 for the RTX 3060 Ti versus 38939 for the RX 570X, a 102.7 percent lead for NVIDIA. The RTX 3060 Ti also carries 152 tensor cores, which the RX 570X lacks entirely.

Q: Do both cards have the same amount of memory?

A: Yes, both ship with 8 GB of video memory and a 256-bit bus. However, the RTX 3060 Ti uses GDDR6 at 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, while the RX 570X uses GDDR5 at 224.0 GB/s, exactly half the bandwidth.

Q: Which card supports ray tracing?

A: Only the RTX 3060 Ti. It has 38 dedicated RT cores, while the RX 570X has no ray tracing hardware. The NVIDIA card also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), whereas the RX 570X tops out at DirectX 12 (12_0).

Q: Which card draws less power?

A: The RX 570X, with a TDP of 150 W against 200 W for the RTX 3060 Ti. The AMD card needs a single 6-pin connector and a suggested 450 W PSU, while the NVIDIA card uses a 12-pin connector and a suggested 550 W PSU.

Q: How does each card rank against all GPUs in the database?

A: The RTX 3060 Ti sits at the 59th percentile with an average benchmark score of 16129; the RX 570X sits at the 55th percentile with an average of 13871. Note that the averages cover different sets of recorded tests.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 3060 Ti wins every recorded benchmark in this matchup, so the split here is not about test victories but about the practical implications of the data.

For gaming, the verdict is unambiguous. A 958.2 percent advantage in passmark_g3d, combined with 133.2 GPixel/s of pixel rate versus 39.81 GPixel/s and 253.1 GTexel/s of texture rate versus 159.2 GTexel/s, means the RTX 3060 Ti handles dramatically higher resolutions and detail settings. The doubled memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s versus 224.0 GB/s) reinforces this, since both cards share the same 8 GB capacity and 256-bit bus but the GDDR6 solution feeds the GPU twice as fast. Add 38 RT cores and DirectX 12 Ultimate support, and the NVIDIA card covers rendering paths the RX 570X simply cannot address.

For compute, the OpenCL result plus the FP32 figures (16.20 TFLOPS versus 5.095 TFLOPS) and the presence of 152 tensor cores make the RTX 3060 Ti the only viable option of the two for GPU compute and accelerated workloads.

Where the RX 570X wins is in physical and electrical frugality. Its 150 W TDP is 50 W lower, it requires only a 6-pin power connector versus the NVIDIA card's 12-pin, and its suggested PSU is 450 W versus 550 W. For a system with limited power headroom or an older PSU, this matters. The RX 570X also runs on PCIe 3.0 x16 rather than requiring the PCIe 4.0 x16 interface of the RTX 3060 Ti, and its display outputs include a DVI port alongside HDMI 2.0b and three DisplayPort 1.4a connections, where the RTX 3060 Ti offers one HDMI 2.1 and three DisplayPort 1.4a outputs. A legacy monitor relying on DVI connects directly to the AMD card.

Specification Differences

The cards share 8 GB of memory on a 256-bit bus and a dual-slot footprint, but nearly everything else diverges.

The RTX 3060 Ti is built on the GA104 chip on Samsung's 8 nm process, packing 17,400 million transistors into a 392 mm² die for a density of 44.4M per mm². The RX 570X uses the Polaris 20 chip on GlobalFoundries' 14 nm node with 5,700 million transistors across 232 mm² at 24.6M per mm². Clocks also differ substantially: the NVIDIA card boosts to 1665 MHz from a 1410 MHz base, while the AMD card boosts to 1244 MHz from 1168 MHz, with effective memory speeds of 14 Gbps versus 7 Gbps despite an identical 1750 MHz memory clock.

Shader resources show the widest gulf: 4864 shading units, 152 TMUs, 80 ROPs, 38 RT cores, and 152 tensor cores for the RTX 3060 Ti, against 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and no RT or tensor hardware on the RX 570X. API support favors NVIDIA as well: DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4 versus DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.3, though both support OpenGL 4.6.

Both cards are end-of-life products. The RX 570X launched on 2018-04-10 as part of the Polaris (RX 500X) generation with Vega as its successor; the RTX 3060 Ti launched on 2020-11-30 in the GeForce 30 series, preceded by GeForce 20 and succeeded by GeForce 40, at a launch MSRP of 399 USD. Physically they are nearly identical in length, at 242 mm for the NVIDIA card and 241 mm for the AMD card, with the RTX 3060 Ti also specified at 112 mm in height.

The Verdict

Based strictly on the recorded data, the RTX 3060 Ti is the superior graphics card in every performance dimension measured. It wins all three head-to-head benchmarks, leads by 102.7 percent in OpenCL compute, by 31.9 percent in 2D operations, and by 958.2 percent in general 3D throughput, and it brings hardware features (ray tracing cores, tensor cores, doubled memory bandwidth, DirectX 12 Ultimate) that the RX 570X lacks entirely. Anyone whose priority is gaming or GPU compute should choose the RTX 3060 Ti without hesitation.

The case for the RX 570X rests entirely outside raw performance: a lower 150 W TDP, a simpler 6-pin power requirement, a 450 W suggested PSU, PCIe 3.0 compatibility for older platforms, and a DVI output for legacy displays. If the use case is basic display output, light 2D work, or a constrained system where power and interface compatibility are the binding constraints, the recorded data shows the RX 570X as adequate. In every other scenario, the benchmark results indicate the comparison is not close.