AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 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 - 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 27% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1440 MHz
- Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1710 MHz
- Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 648.0 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 7% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 320 Watt
- Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 10 GB
- Around 68% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
- Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 457.414
- Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 52.561 vs 51.221
- Around 67% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 175.219
- Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 2381.93
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3374 vs 3356
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3374 vs 3356
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 28 Oct 2020 vs 1 Sep 2020 |
| Core clock speed | 1825 MHz vs 1440 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2250 MHz vs 1710 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 648.0 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 8 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt vs 320 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB vs 10 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 578.52 vs 457.414 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 52.561 vs 51.221 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 291.971 vs 175.219 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2700.97 vs 2381.93 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3720 vs 3716 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3374 vs 3356 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3720 vs 3716 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3374 vs 3356 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
- Around 89% higher pipelines: 8704 vs 4608
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25146 vs 25004
- Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1053 vs 1025
- Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167014 vs 154220
- 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 34537 vs 16849
- 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 34537 vs 16849
- Around 20% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4420 vs 3689
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 8704 vs 4608 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 25146 vs 25004 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1053 vs 1025 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 167014 vs 154220 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 34537 vs 16849 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 34537 vs 16849 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4420 vs 3689 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 25004 | 25146 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1025 | 1053 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 154220 | 167014 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 578.52 | 457.414 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 52.561 | 51.221 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 291.971 | 175.219 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2700.97 | 2381.93 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 16849 | 34537 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3720 | 3716 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3374 | 3356 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 16849 | 34537 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3720 | 3716 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3374 | 3356 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3689 | 4420 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 6022.79 |
Compare specifications (specs)
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| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ampere |
| Code name | Navi 21 | GA102 |
| Launch date | 28 Oct 2020 | 1 Sep 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $699 |
| Place in performance rating | 71 | 56 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 2250 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Compute units | 72 | |
| Core clock speed | 1825 MHz | 1440 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 1296 GFLOPS (1:16) | 465.1 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 41.47 TFLOPS (2:1) | 29.77 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 20.74 TFLOPS | 29.77 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 4608 | 8704 |
| Pixel fill rate | 288.0 GPixel/s | 164.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 648.0 GTexel/s | 465.1 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt | 320 Watt |
| Transistor count | 26800 million | 28300 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
| Form factor | Dual-slot | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.7 |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 10 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 512.0 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 |
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