AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile 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, 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 6850M XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Around 67% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 413.0 GTexel/s vs 296.6 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	2321 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s vs 296.6 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

2.4x more pipelines: 6144 vs 2560
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 165 Watt

Pipelines	6144 vs 2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 165 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	603
PassMark - G3D Mark	17453
Geekbench - OpenCL	83854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		371.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3552.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		31.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		190.723
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1422.602
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		26295
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		9367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8604
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		26295
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		9367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8604

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 22	GA104
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	88	93
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz	1545 MHz
Compute units	40
Core clock speed	2321 MHz	1110 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)	296.6 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)	18.98 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	13.21 TFLOPS	18.98 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	6144
Pixel fill rate	165.2 GPixel/s	148.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s	296.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	17200 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Height		PCIe 4.0 x16
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	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready