AMD Radeon RX 6700S vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6700S and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700S

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 61% higher boost clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1245 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 734 vs 641
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 Jan 2022 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed 1700 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 734 vs 641

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

  • Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 239.0 GTexel/s vs 224.0 GTexel/s
  • 3.4x more pipelines: 6144 vs 1792
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16450 vs 14963
  • Around 52% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 96301 vs 63428
  • Around 55% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 12007 vs 7755
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 239.0 GTexel/s vs 224.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 6144 vs 1792
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16450 vs 14963
Geekbench - OpenCL 96301 vs 63428
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 12007 vs 7755

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700S
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
734
641
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
14963
16450
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
63428
96301
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
7755
12007
Name AMD Radeon RX 6700S NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark 734 641
PassMark - G3D Mark 14963 16450
Geekbench - OpenCL 63428 96301
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7755 12007
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6700S NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 23 GA104
Launch date 4 Jan 2022 12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating 126 125
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2000 MHz 1245 MHz
Compute units 28
Core clock speed 1700 MHz 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 448.0 GFLOPS (1:16) 239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 14.34 TFLOPS (2:1) 15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.168 TFLOPS 15.30 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1792 6144
Pixel fill rate 128.0 GPixel/s 119.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 224.0 GTexel/s 239.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 11060 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size large

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 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 224.0 GB/s 384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready