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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q 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, 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 11% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 4608
  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 24877 vs 16849
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 11471 vs 3720
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 13334 vs 3374
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 24877 vs 16849
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 11471 vs 3720
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 13334 vs 3374
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 28 Oct 2020
Pipelines 5120 vs 4608
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 24877 vs 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 11471 vs 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13334 vs 3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 24877 vs 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 11471 vs 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13334 vs 3374

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

  • 2.3x more core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 74% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1290 MHz
  • 3.1x more texture fill rate: 648.0 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 62% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25098 vs 15523
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1020 vs 651
  • Around 68% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 150126 vs 89617
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 449.647
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 52.561 vs 36.308
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 181.818
  • Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 1410.887
  • Around 86% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19417 vs 10434
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Texture fill rate 648.0 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 25098 vs 15523
PassMark - G2D Mark 1020 vs 651
Geekbench - OpenCL 150126 vs 89617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 vs 449.647
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 vs 36.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 vs 181.818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 vs 1410.887
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19417 vs 10434

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15523
25098
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
651
1020
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
89617
150126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
449.647
578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.308
52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
181.818
291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1410.887
2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24877
16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11471
3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13334
3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24877
16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11471
3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13334
3374
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
10434
19417
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 15523 25098
PassMark - G2D Mark 651 1020
Geekbench - OpenCL 89617 150126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 449.647 578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4619.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 36.308 52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.818 291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1410.887 2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 24877 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 11471 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13334 3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 24877 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 11471 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13334 3374
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10434 19417

Compare specifications (specs)

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

Essentials

Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Code name GA104 Navi 21
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating 82 62
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $649

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1290 MHz 2250 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 206.4 GFLOPS (1:64) 1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 13.21 TFLOPS (1:1) 41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.21 TFLOPS 20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 5120 4608
Pixel fill rate 103.2 GPixel/s 288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 206.4 GTexel/s 648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 26800 million
Compute units 72

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 50 mm (2 inches)
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 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