AMD Radeon Pro W6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6800 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro W6800

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6800

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 2075 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 2507 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 601.7 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
3.2x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 10 GB
Around 68% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Jun 2021 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed	2075 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	2507 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	601.7 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 10 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

2.3x more pipelines: 8704 vs 3840
Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 320 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1041 vs 934
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25320 vs 19919
Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 34537 vs 20988
Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 34537 vs 20988
Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 168014 vs 131707

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	8704 vs 3840
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt vs 450 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1041 vs 934
PassMark - G3D Mark	25320 vs 19919
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	34537 vs 20988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	34537 vs 20988
Geekbench - OpenCL	168014 vs 131707

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

934

1041

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19919

25320

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20988

34537

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20988

34537

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3356

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

131707

168014

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6800	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
PassMark - G2D Mark	934	1041
PassMark - G3D Mark	19919	25320
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20988	34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20988	34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3356
Geekbench - OpenCL	131707	168014
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		17705

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6800	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 21	GA102
Launch date	8 Jun 2021	1 Sep 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$2249	$699
Place in performance rating	108	52
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2507 MHz	1710 MHz
Compute units	60
Core clock speed	2075 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1203 GFLOPS (1:16)	465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	38.51 TFLOPS (2:1)	29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	19.25 TFLOPS	29.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	8704
Pixel fill rate	240.7 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	601.7 GTexel/s	465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	450 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-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)	850 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
DirectX	12.2	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	10 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	320 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X