AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 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.

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 739.2 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 335 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28156 vs 26651
Around 14% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 21420 vs 18842

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 May 2022 vs 11 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	1860 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Boost clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	739.2 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	335 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	28156 vs 26651
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	21420 vs 18842

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Around 75% higher pipelines: 8960 vs 5120
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1085 vs 1031

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	8960 vs 5120
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1085 vs 1031

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1031

1085

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28156

26651

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

21420

18842

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1031	1085
PassMark - G3D Mark	28156	26651
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	21420	18842
Geekbench - OpenCL	172276

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 21	GA102
Launch date	10 May 2022	11 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	19	16
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2310 MHz	1710 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1860 MHz	1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,478 GFLOPS (1:16)	478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	47.31 TFLOPS (2:1)	30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	23.65 TFLOPS	30.64 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5120	8960
Pixel fill rate	295.7 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	739.2 GTexel/s	478.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	335 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
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	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	120 mm, 4.7 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	16 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	576.0 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X