NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 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
  • 2x more pipelines: 10240 vs 5120
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26935 vs 26746
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1088 vs 1052
  • Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 209081 vs 166557
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 60.472 vs 51.155
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 34770 vs 17213
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 34770 vs 17213
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 May 2021 vs 28 Oct 2020
Pipelines 10240 vs 5120
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 26935 vs 26746
PassMark - G2D Mark 1088 vs 1052
Geekbench - OpenCL 209081 vs 166557
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 60.472 vs 51.155
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 34770 vs 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 34770 vs 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1365 MHz
  • Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1665 MHz
  • Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 720.0 GTexel/s vs 532.8 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 300 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
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 543.753 vs 485.179
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 320.733 vs 129.036
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2566.9 vs 2441.001
  • 4.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 21090 vs 5077
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1365 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate 720.0 GTexel/s vs 532.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 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 - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 543.753 vs 485.179
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 320.733 vs 129.036
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2566.9 vs 2441.001
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 21090 vs 5077

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
26935
26746
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1088
1052
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
209081
166557
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
485.179
543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
60.472
51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
129.036
320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2441.001
2566.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34770
17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34770
17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
5077
21090
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 26935 26746
PassMark - G2D Mark 1088 1052
Geekbench - OpenCL 209081 166557
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 485.179 543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 661.977 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 60.472 51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 129.036 320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2441.001 2566.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 34770 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 34770 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5077 21090

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Essentials

Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Code name GA102 Navi 21
Launch date 31 May 2021 28 Oct 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $1199 $999
Place in performance rating 60 62
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1665 MHz 2250 MHz
Core clock speed 1365 MHz 1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 532.8 GFLOPS (1:64) 1440 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 34.10 TFLOPS (1:1) 46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 34.10 TFLOPS 23.04 TFLOPS
Pipelines 10240 5120
Pixel fill rate 186.5 GPixel/s 288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 532.8 GTexel/s 720.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 26800 million
Compute units 80

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 Triple-slot
Height 40 mm, 1.6 inches 50 mm (2 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 700 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 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