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).

AMD Radeon RX 6700S

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

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: 16474 vs 14969
Around 52% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 96301 vs 63559
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	16474 vs 14969
Geekbench - OpenCL	96301 vs 63559
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

14969

16474

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

63559

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	14969	16474
Geekbench - OpenCL	63559	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	125	124
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