NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 3840
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 26295 vs 16162
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 9367 vs 3719
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8604 vs 3373
  • Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 26295 vs 16162
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 9367 vs 3719
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8604 vs 3373
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 28 Oct 2020
Pipelines 6144 vs 3840
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26295 vs 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 9367 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8604 vs 3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26295 vs 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 9367 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8604 vs 3373

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

  • Around 53% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1110 MHz
  • Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1545 MHz
  • Around 70% higher texture fill rate: 505.2 GTexel/s vs 296.6 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 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 432.118 vs 371.785
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 41.585 vs 31.212
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 383.037 vs 190.723
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2280.457 vs 1422.602
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1700 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Boost clock speed 2105 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Texture fill rate 505.2 GTexel/s vs 296.6 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
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 432.118 vs 371.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.585 vs 31.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 383.037 vs 190.723
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2280.457 vs 1422.602

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
371.785
432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31.212
41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
190.723
383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1422.602
2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26295
16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9367
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8604
3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26295
16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9367
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8604
3373
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile AMD Radeon RX 6800
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 371.785 432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3552.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 31.212 41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 190.723 383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1422.602 2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26295 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 9367 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8604 3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26295 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 9367 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8604 3373
PassMark - G3D Mark 22131
PassMark - G2D Mark 988
Geekbench - OpenCL 129479
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3188

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile 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 87 84
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $579

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1545 MHz 2105 MHz
Core clock speed 1110 MHz 1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 296.6 GFLOPS (1:64) 1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 18.98 TFLOPS (1:1) 32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 18.98 TFLOPS 16.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines 6144 3840
Pixel fill rate 148.3 GPixel/s 202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 296.6 GTexel/s 505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height PCIe 4.0 x16 40 mm (1.6 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
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 448.0 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

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready