NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

AMD Radeon RX 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 27% higher pipelines: 4864 vs 3840
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	19 Oct 2022 vs 28 Oct 2020
Pipelines	4864 vs 3840
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1665 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 505.2 GTexel/s vs 253.1 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 68% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 14% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3188 vs 2795

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	2105 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	505.2 GTexel/s vs 253.1 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 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3188 vs 2795

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2795

3188

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X	AMD Radeon RX 6800
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2795	3188
PassMark - G3D Mark		22131
PassMark - G2D Mark		988
Geekbench - OpenCL		129479
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3373

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X	AMD Radeon RX 6800
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA104	Navi 21
Launch date	19 Oct 2022	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	460	84
Launch price (MSRP)		$579
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	2105 MHz
Core clock speed	1410 MHz	1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)	1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)	32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS	16.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4864	3840
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s	202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s	505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	17400 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
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	120 mm (4.7 inches)
Height		40 mm (1.6 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	608.3 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6