NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 27% higher pipelines: 4864 vs 3840
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 998 vs 973
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27478 vs 16162
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27478 vs 16162
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 vs 28 Oct 2020
Pipelines 4864 vs 3840
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 998 vs 973
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 vs 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 vs 16162

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

  • Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1410 MHz
  • Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1665 MHz
  • 2x more texture fill rate: 505.2 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22309 vs 20566
  • Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 126068 vs 107393
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 432.118 vs 313.695
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 41.585 vs 35.994
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 383.037 vs 137.972
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2280.457 vs 1474.189
  • Around 40% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 16322 vs 11644
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1700 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed 2105 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate 505.2 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22309 vs 20566
Geekbench - OpenCL 126068 vs 107393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 432.118 vs 313.695
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.585 vs 35.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 383.037 vs 137.972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2280.457 vs 1474.189
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3373 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3373 vs 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 16322 vs 11644

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
20566
22309
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
998
973
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
107393
126068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
313.695
432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.994
41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
137.972
383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1474.189
2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3373
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
11644
16322
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti AMD Radeon RX 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark 20566 22309
PassMark - G2D Mark 998 973
Geekbench - OpenCL 107393 126068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 313.695 432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4580.983
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.994 41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 137.972 383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1474.189 2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3373
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11644 16322

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti AMD Radeon RX 6800

Essentials

Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Code name GA104 Navi 21
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 28 Oct 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $579
Place in performance rating 100 77
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1665 MHz 2105 MHz
Core clock speed 1410 MHz 1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 253.1 GFLOPS (1:64) 1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 16.20 TFLOPS (1:1) 32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 16.20 TFLOPS 16.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines 4864 3840
Pixel fill rate 133.2 GPixel/s 202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 253.1 GTexel/s 505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 26800 million
Compute units 60

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches) 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 2x 8-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches) 120 mm (4.7 inches)
Height 40 mm (1.6 inches)

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s 512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6