NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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, 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 3840
  • 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 26045 vs 16162
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 26045 vs 16162
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 28 Oct 2020
Pipelines 6144 vs 3840
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045 vs 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045 vs 16162

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 69% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1245 MHz
  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 505.2 GTexel/s vs 239.0 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 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22309 vs 16521
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 973 vs 645
  • Around 19% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 126068 vs 105640
  • Around 37% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 16322 vs 11915
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1700 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 2105 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Texture fill rate 505.2 GTexel/s vs 239.0 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 22309 vs 16521
PassMark - G2D Mark 973 vs 645
Geekbench - OpenCL 126068 vs 105640
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3373 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3373 vs 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 16322 vs 11915

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16521
22309
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
645
973
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
105640
126068
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26045
16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26045
16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3373
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
11915
16322
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q AMD Radeon RX 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark 16521 22309
PassMark - G2D Mark 645 973
Geekbench - OpenCL 105640 126068
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3373
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11915 16322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2280.457

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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 120 77
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $579

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1245 MHz 2105 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 239.0 GFLOPS (1:64) 1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 15.30 TFLOPS (1:1) 32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 15.30 TFLOPS 16.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines 6144 3840
Pixel fill rate 119.5 GPixel/s 202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 239.0 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