Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 vs AMD Radeon 680M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090, vs AMD Radeon 680M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 and AMD Radeon 680M
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
188
127
118
90
42
23
17
10
The Witcher 3
207
175
126
67
19
21
10
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
280
212
152
82
39
23
20
n/a
Far Cry 6
155
145
126
75
33
27
19
9
Hogwarts Legacy
131
107
84
45
18
12
9
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
172
161
124
80
27
24
19
10
Ghost of Tsushima
116
101
82
51
19
11
9
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
145
131
89
43
19
15
10
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
242
218
170
91
25
24
17
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High18227
1080p Ultra15320
1440p Ultra11914
4K Ultra69-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
AMD Radeon 680M
2194
Time Spy199002337
Solar Bay9750410075
Port Royal136331022
Fire Strike475206948
Night Raid13952727970
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
AMD Radeon 680M
28675
Background Blur320.8 frames/s73.8 frames/s
Face Detection207.2 frames/s30.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.1 Gpix/sec0.93 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection14.4 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.48 Gpix/sec0.37 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching984.2 Gpix/sec105 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27764.9 fps4640 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
AMD Radeon 680M
4668
G2D Mark1060751
DirectX 11220 fps45 fps
DirectX 12110 fps22 fps
GPU Compute15547 Ops/s2163 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
AMD Radeon 680M
27.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)978.4 fps142 fps
Car Chase854.1 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)747.4 fpsn/a
T-Rex3732.1 fpsn/a
ALU 26650.9 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2296 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLVulkan
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6622.8n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced September, 24, 2020 January, 1, 2022
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Codename GA102 Rembrandt
Price 1499 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1395 MHz 400 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1695 MHz 2200-2400 MHz
Shader Units 10496 768
TMUs 328 48
ROPs 112 32
Execution Units 82 12
Ray Tracing Cores 82 12
Tensor Cores 328 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 6000 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 190 Gpix/sec 70-77 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 556 GTex/s 106-115 GTex/s
FLOPS 35.6 TFLOPS 3.4-3.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 350 W 15 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 6 nm
Transistor Size 628 mm² 208 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 13.1 billion
Transistor density 44.59 MTr/mm² 62.98 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X System Shared
Memory Frequency 1219 MHz n/a
Bus 384 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19500 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 24 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
936.2 GB/s
AMD Radeon 680M
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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