Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 vs AMD Radeon RX 6700S

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, vs AMD Radeon RX 6700S. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 and AMD Radeon RX 6700S
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
168
118
106
78
113
59
50
32
The Witcher 3
195
162
116
61
95
74
50
29
Counter-Strike 2
275
206
150
83
153
108
74
36
Far Cry 6
150
136
114
71
85
73
55
26
Hogwarts Legacy
119
96
76
41
53
43
31
15
COD Modern Warfare 3
153
147
108
72
76
67
47
27
Ghost of Tsushima
109
90
72
43
60
46
34
16
Cyberpunk 2077
133
121
80
36
57
47
28
13
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
207
196
151
81
101
88
58
29
Avg FPS
1080p High16888
1080p Ultra14167
1440p Ultra10847
4K Ultra6325
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
AMD Radeon RX 6700S
6817
Time Spy176627820
Solar Bay8593229507
Port Royal115953769
Fire Strike4242922457
Night Raid13228880847
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
AMD Radeon RX 6700S
73161
Background Blur217.3 frames/s170.5 frames/s
Face Detection141.9 frames/s102.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.19 Gpix/sec2.32 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection11 Gpix/sec3.12 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.43 Gpix/sec2.82 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.29 Gpix/sec0.79 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching780.7 Gpix/sec312.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22538.5 fps10541.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
AMD Radeon RX 6700S
15024
G2D Mark1052737
DirectX 11207 fps133 fps
DirectX 12100 fps58 fps
GPU Compute14559 Ops/s6001 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6700S
88.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)950.5 fps598.4 fps
Car Chase809.5 fps537.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)705.4 fps435.1 fps
T-Rex3525.4 fps2043.9 fps
ALU 26005.6 fps2130.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2283.8 fps192.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6034.61657.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 1, 2020 January, 4, 2022
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Codename GA102 Navi 23
Price 699 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1440 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1710 MHz 1890 MHz
Shader Units 8704 1792
TMUs 272 112
ROPs 96 64
Execution Units 68 28
Ray Tracing Cores 68 28
Tensor Cores 272 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 5000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 164 Gpix/sec 121 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 465 GTex/s 212 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS 6.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 320 W 80 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 628 mm² 237 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 11.06 billion
Transistor density 44.59 MTr/mm² 46.67 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1188 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 320 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 10 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
760.3 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6700S
224 GB/s

API

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

Results

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

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