NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 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. 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 3080 Ti

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 532.8 GTexel/s vs 505.2 GTexel/s
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 10240 vs 3840
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 27218 vs 22325
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1091 vs 973
  • Around 66% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 209081 vs 126223
  • Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 714.26 vs 432.118
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 60.192 vs 41.585
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2585.274 vs 2280.457
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 34770 vs 16162
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 34770 vs 16162
  • Around 21% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19748 vs 16309
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 May 2021 vs 28 Oct 2020
Texture fill rate 532.8 GTexel/s vs 505.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines 10240 vs 3840
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 27218 vs 22325
PassMark - G2D Mark 1091 vs 973
Geekbench - OpenCL 209081 vs 126223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 714.26 vs 432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 60.192 vs 41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2585.274 vs 2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 34770 vs 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 34770 vs 16162
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19748 vs 16309

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1365 MHz
  • Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1665 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
  • Around 68% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 383.037 vs 129.036
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1700 MHz vs 1365 MHz
Boost clock speed 2105 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 383.037 vs 129.036
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3373 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3373 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
27218
22325
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1091
973
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
209081
126223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
714.26
432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
60.192
41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
129.036
383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2585.274
2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34770
16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34770
16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3373
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
19748
16309
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti AMD Radeon RX 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark 27218 22325
PassMark - G2D Mark 1091 973
Geekbench - OpenCL 209081 126223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 714.26 432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 661.977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 60.192 41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 129.036 383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2585.274 2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 34770 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 34770 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3373
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19748 16309

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti AMD Radeon RX 6800

Essentials

Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Code name GA102 Navi 21
Launch date 31 May 2021 28 Oct 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $1199 $579
Place in performance rating 49 76
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1665 MHz 2105 MHz
Core clock speed 1365 MHz 1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 532.8 GFLOPS (1:64) 1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 34.10 TFLOPS (1:1) 32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 34.10 TFLOPS 16.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines 10240 3840
Pixel fill rate 186.5 GPixel/s 202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 532.8 GTexel/s 505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 26800 million
Compute units 60

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Height 40 mm, 1.6 inches 40 mm (1.6 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 285 mm, 11.2 inches 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 750 Watt 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 2x 8-pin
Width 112 mm, 4.4 inches 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 12 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 912.4 GB/s 512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6X GDDR6