NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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: 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 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 6% higher pipelines: 4864 vs 4608
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	19 Oct 2022 vs 28 Oct 2020
Pipelines	4864 vs 4608
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1665 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 648.0 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 32% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3689 vs 2795

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	648.0 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	3689 vs 2795

Compare benchmarks

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

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2795

3689

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2795	3689
PassMark - G3D Mark		25004
PassMark - G2D Mark		1025
Geekbench - OpenCL		154220
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3374

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA104	Navi 21
Launch date	19 Oct 2022	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	460	71
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	2250 MHz
Core clock speed	1410 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)	1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)	41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	16.20 TFLOPS	20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4864	4608
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	253.1 GTexel/s	648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	26800 million
Compute units		72
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	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	120 mm (4.7 inches)
Height		50 mm (2 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