AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1725 MHz
  • 2x more texture fill rate: 648.0 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25116 vs 22409
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1020 vs 999
  • Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 150040 vs 124891
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 452.561
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 52.561 vs 40.794
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 184.548
  • Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 1634.218
  • Around 43% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19416 vs 13611
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1725 MHz
Texture fill rate 648.0 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 25116 vs 22409
PassMark - G2D Mark 1020 vs 999
Geekbench - OpenCL 150040 vs 124891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 vs 452.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 vs 40.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 vs 184.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 vs 1634.218
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19416 vs 13611

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

  • Around 28% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 4608
  • Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 220 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 31716 vs 16849
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 13566 vs 3720
  • 9.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 31930 vs 3374
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 31716 vs 16849
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 13566 vs 3720
  • 9.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 31930 vs 3374
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 5888 vs 4608
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 220 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 31716 vs 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 13566 vs 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 31930 vs 3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 31716 vs 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 13566 vs 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 31930 vs 3374

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25116
22409
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1020
999
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
150040
124891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
578.52
452.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.561
40.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
291.971
184.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2700.97
1634.218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16849
31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3374
31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16849
31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3374
31930
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
19416
13611
Name AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark - G3D Mark 25116 22409
PassMark - G2D Mark 1020 999
Geekbench - OpenCL 150040 124891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 452.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 40.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 184.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 1634.218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16849 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3374 31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16849 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3374 31930
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19416 13611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5803.174

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 21 GA104
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 1 Sep 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $499
Place in performance rating 62 41
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2250 MHz 1725 MHz
Compute units 72
Core clock speed 1825 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1296 GFLOPS (1:16) 317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 41.47 TFLOPS (2:1) 20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.74 TFLOPS 20.31 TFLOPS
Pipelines 4608 5888
Pixel fill rate 288.0 GPixel/s 165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 648.0 GTexel/s 317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 220 Watt
Transistor count 26800 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 50 mm (2 inches) 112 mm (4.4 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 12-pin
Width 120 mm (4.7 inches) 112 mm, 4.4 inches
Form factor Dual-slot

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 16 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512.0 GB/s 448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6