AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 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
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
- Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1440 MHz
- Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1710 MHz
- Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 505.2 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 28% lower typical power consumption: 250 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 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1049 vs 997
- 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 383.037 vs 176.953
- Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2280.457 vs 1961.892
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 28 Oct 2020 vs 1 Sep 2020 |
| Core clock speed | 1700 MHz vs 1440 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2105 MHz vs 1710 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 505.2 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 8 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 250 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 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1049 vs 997 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 383.037 vs 176.953 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2280.457 vs 1961.892 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 8914 vs 8903 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 8914 vs 8903 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
- 2.3x more pipelines: 8704 vs 3840
- Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24243 vs 21044
- Around 42% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 181098 vs 127776
- Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 582.401 vs 432.118
- Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 53.526 vs 41.585
- Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 32425 vs 16938
- Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8050 vs 5706
- Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 32425 vs 16938
- Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8050 vs 5706
- Around 17% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 17704 vs 15194
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 8704 vs 3840 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 24243 vs 21044 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 181098 vs 127776 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 582.401 vs 432.118 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 53.526 vs 41.585 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 32425 vs 16938 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 8050 vs 5706 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 32425 vs 16938 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 8050 vs 5706 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 17704 vs 15194 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 6800 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 21044 | 24243 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1049 | 997 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 127776 | 181098 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 432.118 | 582.401 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 41.585 | 53.526 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 383.037 | 176.953 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2280.457 | 1961.892 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 16938 | 32425 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 8914 | 8903 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 5706 | 8050 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 16938 | 32425 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 8914 | 8903 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 5706 | 8050 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 15194 | 17704 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 6745.122 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 6800 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | |
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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) | $579 | $699 |
| Place in performance rating | 8 | 5 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
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| Boost clock speed | 2105 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Compute units | 60 | |
| Core clock speed | 1700 MHz | 1440 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 1010 GFLOPS (1:16) | 465.1 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 32.33 TFLOPS (2:1) | 29.77 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 16.17 TFLOPS | 29.77 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 3840 | 8704 |
| Pixel fill rate | 202.1 GPixel/s | 164.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 505.2 GTexel/s | 465.1 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 250 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, 3x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Height | 40 mm (1.6 inches) | 112 mm (4.4 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) | 600 Watt | 700 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Width | 120 mm (4.7 inches) | Dual-slot |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.5 |
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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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