AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1440 MHz
- Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1710 MHz
- Around 59% higher texture fill rate: 739.2 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
- Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 10 GB
- Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
- Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28097 vs 25146
- Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 174868 vs 167014
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 10 May 2022 vs 1 Sep 2020 |
| Core clock speed | 1860 MHz vs 1440 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2310 MHz vs 1710 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 739.2 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 8 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB vs 10 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1054 vs 1053 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 28097 vs 25146 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 174868 vs 167014 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
- Around 70% higher pipelines: 8704 vs 5120
- Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 320 Watt vs 335 Watt
- Around 4% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4420 vs 4235
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 8704 vs 5120 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 320 Watt vs 335 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4420 vs 4235 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1054 | 1053 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 28097 | 25146 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4235 | 4420 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 174868 | 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 6950 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ampere |
| Code name | Navi 21 | GA102 |
| Launch date | 10 May 2022 | 1 Sep 2020 |
| Place in performance rating | 37 | 56 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | |
| Type | Desktop | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 2310 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Compute units | 80 | |
| Core clock speed | 1860 MHz | 1440 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 1,478 GFLOPS (1:16) | 465.1 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 47.31 TFLOPS (2:1) | 29.77 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 23.65 TFLOPS | 29.77 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 5120 | 8704 |
| Pixel fill rate | 295.7 GPixel/s | 164.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 739.2 GTexel/s | 465.1 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 335 Watt | 320 Watt |
| Transistor count | 26800 million | 28300 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Triple-slot | Dual-slot |
| Height | 50 mm, 2 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) | 700 Watt | 700 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Width | 120 mm, 4.7 inches | 112 mm, 4.4 inches |
API support |
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| 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 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 10 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 576.0 GB/s | 760.3 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 320 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective | 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
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