AMD Radeon Pro W6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6800 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, 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6800

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • 2.7x more core clock speed: 2075 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • 2x more boost clock speed: 2507 MHz vs 1245 MHz
  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 601.7 GTexel/s vs 239.0 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 936 vs 643
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19881 vs 16500
  • Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 131707 vs 105640
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 Jun 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed 2075 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 2507 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Texture fill rate 601.7 GTexel/s vs 239.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 936 vs 643
PassMark - G3D Mark 19881 vs 16500
Geekbench - OpenCL 131707 vs 105640

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 3840
  • 5.6x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 450 Watt
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 26045 vs 20988
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 26045 vs 20988
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 6144 vs 3840
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 450 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045 vs 20988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045 vs 20988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
936
643
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19881
16500
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20988
26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20988
26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3359
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
131707
105640
Name AMD Radeon Pro W6800 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark 936 643
PassMark - G3D Mark 19881 16500
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20988 26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20988 26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3359
Geekbench - OpenCL 131707 105640
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11904

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W6800 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 21 GA104
Launch date 8 Jun 2021 12 Jan 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $2249
Place in performance rating 108 119
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2507 MHz 1245 MHz
Compute units 60
Core clock speed 2075 MHz 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1203 GFLOPS (1:16) 239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 38.51 TFLOPS (2:1) 15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 19.25 TFLOPS 15.30 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 6144
Pixel fill rate 240.7 GPixel/s 119.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 601.7 GTexel/s 239.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 450 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 26800 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Height 50 mm (2 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin None
Width 120 mm (4.7 inches)
Laptop size large

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 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s 384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready