Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
186
129
117
86
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
202
173
123
67
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
272
215
154
85
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
152
144
126
77
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
132
106
85
47
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
166
158
123
80
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
116
99
81
51
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
146
130
89
42
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
236
220
169
92
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High179155
1080p Ultra153127
1440p Ultra11994
4K Ultra7055
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy1963016983
Solar Bay9648964114
Port Royal132619710
Fire Strike4789239013
Night Raid143788155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur239.8 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection156.8 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.8 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection14.8 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.9 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.53 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching889.6 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics26054.6 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark10881191
DirectX 11223 fps187 fps
DirectX 12111 fps57 fps
GPU Compute15428 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fpsn/a
Car Chase860.8 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex3834.2 fpsn/a
ALU 26702 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2296.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation6622.8n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 3, 2021 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ampere RDNA 4.0
Codename GA102 Navi 44
Price 1199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1665 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 10240 2048
TMUs 320 128
ROPs 112 64
Execution Units 80 32
Ray Tracing Cores 80 32
Tensor Cores 320 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 6000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 186 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 533 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 350 W 160 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 628 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 44.59 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1188 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 384 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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