AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6900 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 - 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), 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 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 55% higher texture fill rate: 720.0 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 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26853 vs 25320
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1048 vs 1041
- Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 543.753 vs 457.414
- Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 320.733 vs 175.219
- Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2566.9 vs 2381.93
- Around 18% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 20909 vs 17706
| 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 | 720.0 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 | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 26853 vs 25320 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1048 vs 1041 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 543.753 vs 457.414 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 320.733 vs 175.219 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2566.9 vs 2381.93 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 20909 vs 17706 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
- Around 70% higher pipelines: 8704 vs 5120
- Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167693 vs 161035
- 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 34537 vs 17213
- 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 34537 vs 17213
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| Pipelines | 8704 vs 5120 |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 167693 vs 161035 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 51.221 vs 51.155 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 34537 vs 17213 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3716 vs 3714 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 vs 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 34537 vs 17213 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3716 vs 3714 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 vs 3350 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 26853 | 25320 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1048 | 1041 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 161035 | 167693 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 543.753 | 457.414 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 0 | 6022.79 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 51.155 | 51.221 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 320.733 | 175.219 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2566.9 | 2381.93 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 17213 | 34537 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3714 | 3716 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 | 3356 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 17213 | 34537 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3714 | 3716 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 | 3356 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 20909 | 17706 |
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) | $999 | $699 |
| Place in performance rating | 70 | 52 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
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| Boost clock speed | 2250 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Compute units | 80 | |
| Core clock speed | 1825 MHz | 1440 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 1440 GFLOPS (1:16) | 465.1 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 46.08 TFLOPS (2:1) | 29.77 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 23.04 TFLOPS | 29.77 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 5120 | 8704 |
| Pixel fill rate | 288.0 GPixel/s | 164.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 720.0 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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| Form factor | Triple-slot | Dual-slot |
| 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 |
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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 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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