AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 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 22% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1395 MHz
  • Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1695 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • Around 64% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
  • Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 383.037 vs 209.424
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3373 vs 3354
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3373 vs 3354
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed 1700 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed 2105 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 383.037 vs 209.424
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3373 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3373 vs 3354

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

  • Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 556.0 GTexel/s vs 505.2 GTexel/s
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 10496 vs 3840
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26668 vs 22131
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1060 vs 988
  • Around 48% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 191142 vs 129479
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 690.619 vs 432.118
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 62.614 vs 41.585
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2441.384 vs 2280.457
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 33398 vs 16162
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 33398 vs 16162
  • Around 61% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5118 vs 3188
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 556.0 GTexel/s vs 505.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines 10496 vs 3840
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 26668 vs 22131
PassMark - G2D Mark 1060 vs 988
Geekbench - OpenCL 191142 vs 129479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 690.619 vs 432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 62.614 vs 41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2441.384 vs 2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 33398 vs 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 33398 vs 16162
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5118 vs 3188

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
22131
26668
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
988
1060
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
129479
191142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
432.118
690.619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
41.585
62.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
383.037
209.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2280.457
2441.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16162
33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3373
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16162
33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3373
3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3188
5118
Name AMD Radeon RX 6800 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
PassMark - G3D Mark 22131 26668
PassMark - G2D Mark 988 1060
Geekbench - OpenCL 129479 191142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 432.118 690.619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.585 62.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 383.037 209.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2280.457 2441.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16162 33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3373 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16162 33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3373 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3188 5118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7585.258

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 21 GA102
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 1 Sep 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $579 $1499
Place in performance rating 84 46
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2105 MHz 1695 MHz
Compute units 60
Core clock speed 1700 MHz 1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1010 GFLOPS (1:16) 556.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 32.33 TFLOPS (2:1) 35.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 16.17 TFLOPS 35.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 10496
Pixel fill rate 202.1 GPixel/s 189.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 505.2 GTexel/s 556.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 26800 million 28300 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 40 mm (1.6 inches) 138 mm (5.4 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 313 mm (12.3 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt 750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 12-pin
Width 120 mm (4.7 inches) Triple-slot

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.2
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 24 GB
Memory bandwidth 512.0 GB/s 936.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 384 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6X