AMD Radeon RX 6700 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 6700

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1941 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 2450 MHz vs 1710 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 320 Watt
Around 68% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1071 vs 1039

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 Jun 2021 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed	1941 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	2450 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 320 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1071 vs 1039

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 465.1 GTexel/s vs 352.8 GTexel/s
3.8x more pipelines: 8704 vs 2304
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25230 vs 19319
Around 59% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 17755 vs 11162
Around 82% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167014 vs 91797

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	465.1 GTexel/s vs 352.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	8704 vs 2304
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	25230 vs 19319
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	17755 vs 11162
Geekbench - OpenCL	167014 vs 91797

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1071

1039

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19319

25230

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

11162

17755

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

91797

167014

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6700	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
PassMark - G2D Mark	1071	1039
PassMark - G3D Mark	19319	25230
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	11162	17755
Geekbench - OpenCL	91797	167014
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6022.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2381.93
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6700	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 22	GA102
Launch date	9 Jun 2021	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	53	55
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2450 MHz	1710 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1941 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	705.6 GFLOPS (1:16)	465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	22.58 TFLOPS (2:1)	29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	11.29 TFLOPS	29.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	8704
Pixel fill rate	156.8 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	352.8 GTexel/s	465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	17200 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	110 mm, 4.3 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	10 GB	10 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	160 bit	320 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X