NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q 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, Technologies. 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 3070 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3840
  • 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 449.647 vs 432.118
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 24877 vs 16162
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 11471 vs 3719
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 13334 vs 3373
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 24877 vs 16162
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 11471 vs 3719
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 13334 vs 3373
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 28 Oct 2020
Pipelines 5120 vs 3840
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 449.647 vs 432.118
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 24877 vs 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 11471 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13334 vs 3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 24877 vs 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 11471 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13334 vs 3373

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 63% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1290 MHz
  • 2.4x more texture fill rate: 505.2 GTexel/s vs 206.4 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 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22204 vs 15453
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 974 vs 647
  • Around 38% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 127667 vs 92447
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 41.585 vs 36.308
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 383.037 vs 181.818
  • Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2280.457 vs 1410.887
  • Around 55% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 16218 vs 10465
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1700 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 2105 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Texture fill rate 505.2 GTexel/s vs 206.4 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 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22204 vs 15453
PassMark - G2D Mark 974 vs 647
Geekbench - OpenCL 127667 vs 92447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.585 vs 36.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 383.037 vs 181.818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2280.457 vs 1410.887
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 16218 vs 10465

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15453
22204
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
647
974
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
92447
127667
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
449.647
432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.308
41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
181.818
383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1410.887
2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24877
16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11471
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13334
3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24877
16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11471
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13334
3373
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
10465
16218
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q AMD Radeon RX 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark 15453 22204
PassMark - G2D Mark 647 974
Geekbench - OpenCL 92447 127667
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 449.647 432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4619.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 36.308 41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.818 383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1410.887 2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 24877 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 11471 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13334 3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 24877 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 11471 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13334 3373
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10465 16218

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q AMD Radeon RX 6800

Essentials

Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Code name GA104 Navi 21
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating 84 82
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $579

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1290 MHz 2105 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 206.4 GFLOPS (1:64) 1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 13.21 TFLOPS (1:1) 32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.21 TFLOPS 16.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines 5120 3840
Pixel fill rate 103.2 GPixel/s 202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 206.4 GTexel/s 505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 26800 million
Compute units 60

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Height 40 mm (1.6 inches)
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt
Width 120 mm (4.7 inches)

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.2
OpenCL 3.0 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 384.0 GB/s 512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready