AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7600 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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.

AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1980 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 61% higher boost clock speed: 2755 MHz vs 1710 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
Around 68% lower typical power consumption: 190 Watt vs 320 Watt
Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 10 GB
Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Launch date	8 Jan 2024 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed	1980 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	2755 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt vs 320 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 10 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 465.1 GTexel/s vs 352.6 GTexel/s
4.3x more pipelines: 8704 vs 2048
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1041 vs 1009
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25316 vs 17329
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167693 vs 83279

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	465.1 GTexel/s vs 352.6 GTexel/s
Pipelines	8704 vs 2048
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1041 vs 1009
PassMark - G3D Mark	25316 vs 17329
Geekbench - OpenCL	167693 vs 83279

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1009

1041

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17329

25316

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

83279

167693

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
PassMark - G2D Mark	1009	1041
PassMark - G3D Mark	17329	25316
Geekbench - OpenCL	83279	167693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6022.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2381.93
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		17706

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 33	GA102
Launch date	8 Jan 2024	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	50	52
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2755 MHz	1710 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1980 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	2048	8704
Pixel fill rate	176.3 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	352.6 GTexel/s	465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	13300 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		29.77 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	204 mm, 8 inches	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	115 mm, 4.5 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Height		40 mm, 1.6 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	10 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	320 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X