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 - 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 6% higher pipelines: 4864 vs 4608
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27478 vs 16849
  • Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27478 vs 16849
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 vs 28 Oct 2020
Pipelines 4864 vs 4608
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 vs 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 vs 16849

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 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25004 vs 20394
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1025 vs 989
  • Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 154220 vs 109075
  • Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 323.141
  • Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 52.561 vs 35.311
  • Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 150.943
  • Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 1474.189
  • Around 38% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3689 vs 2671
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 - G3D Mark 25004 vs 20394
PassMark - G2D Mark 1025 vs 989
Geekbench - OpenCL 154220 vs 109075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 vs 323.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 vs 35.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 vs 150.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 vs 1474.189
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3374 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3374 vs 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3689 vs 2671

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
20394
25004
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
989
1025
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
109075
154220
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
323.141
578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.311
52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
150.943
291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1474.189
2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3374
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2671
3689
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 20394 25004
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 1025
Geekbench - OpenCL 109075 154220
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 323.141 578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4756.579
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.311 52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 150.943 291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1474.189 2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3374
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2671 3689

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 104 71
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