AMD Radeon RX 6800M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

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

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 3x more core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • 2x more boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 1290 MHz
  • 2x more texture fill rate: 413.0 GTexel/s vs 206.4 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 18453 vs 11471
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 16764 vs 13334
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 18453 vs 11471
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 16764 vs 13334
  • Around 9% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 11322 vs 10434
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed 2321 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 2581 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Texture fill rate 413.0 GTexel/s vs 206.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 18453 vs 11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 16764 vs 13334
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 18453 vs 11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 16764 vs 13334
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11322 vs 10434

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

  • 2x more pipelines: 5120 vs 2560
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 230 Watt
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15523 vs 13265
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 651 vs 549
  • Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 89617 vs 87771
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 24877 vs 17137
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 24877 vs 17137
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 5120 vs 2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 15523 vs 13265
PassMark - G2D Mark 651 vs 549
Geekbench - OpenCL 89617 vs 87771
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 24877 vs 17137
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 24877 vs 17137

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13265
15523
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
549
651
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
87771
89617
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17137
24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18453
11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16764
13334
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17137
24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18453
11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16764
13334
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
11322
10434
Name AMD Radeon RX 6800M NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 13265 15523
PassMark - G2D Mark 549 651
Geekbench - OpenCL 87771 89617
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17137 24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 18453 11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 16764 13334
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17137 24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 18453 11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 16764 13334
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11322 10434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 449.647
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4619.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 36.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1410.887

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6800M NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 22 GA104
Launch date 2021 12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating 75 82
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2581 MHz 1290 MHz
Compute units 40
Core clock speed 2321 MHz 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 825.9 GFLOPS (1:16) 206.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 26.43 TFLOPS (2:1) 13.21 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.21 TFLOPS 13.21 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2560 5120
Pixel fill rate 165.2 GPixel/s 103.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 413.0 GTexel/s 206.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 230 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 17200 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
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 12 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 384.0 GB/s 384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 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