NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

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Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 6% higher pipelines: 4864 vs 4608
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	1 Dec 2020 vs 28 Oct 2020
Pipelines	4864 vs 4608
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1665 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 648.0 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 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1105 vs 930
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24920 vs 19745
Around 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 156445 vs 120575

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	648.0 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 - G2D Mark	1105 vs 930
PassMark - G3D Mark	24920 vs 19745
Geekbench - OpenCL	156445 vs 120575

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

930

1105

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19745

24920

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

120575

156445

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	930	1105
PassMark - G3D Mark	19745	24920
Geekbench - OpenCL	120575	156445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14836
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		4651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		75676
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14836
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		4651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		75676
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		17744

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA104	Navi 21
Launch date	1 Dec 2020	28 Oct 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$649
Place in performance rating	7	8
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	2250 MHz
Core clock speed	1410 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)	1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)	41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS	20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4864	4608
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s	648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	26800 million
Compute units		72
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	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)	120 mm (4.7 inches)
Height		50 mm (2 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