AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
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
84
46
33
20
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
60
46
27
16
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
96
67
46
19
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
65
55
40
19
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
38
29
20
10
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
51
45
29
19
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
37
28
21
10
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
36
33
19
n/a
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
69
61
36
18
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High60168
1080p Ultra46141
1440p Ultra30108
4K Ultra1563
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
4786
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy495117662
Solar Bay1997985932
Port Royal36711595
Fire Strike1557742429
Night Raid65281132288
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
53081
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur130.3 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection70.1 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.59 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.21 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.02 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.65 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching223 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7470.5 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
9578
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark8101052
DirectX 1190 fps207 fps
DirectX 1238 fps100 fps
GPU Compute4502 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
52.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)360.9 fps950.5 fps
Car Chase373.9 fps809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)278.5 fps705.4 fps
T-Rex1305.6 fps3525.4 fps
ALU 21331.2 fps6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2259.2 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1300.56034.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 19, 2022 September, 1, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 24 GA102
Price 199 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2815 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 1024 8704
TMUs 64 272
ROPs 32 96
Execution Units n/a 68
Ray Tracing Cores 16 68
Tensor Cores No 272
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 5000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 90 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 180 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.8 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 107 W 320 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 6 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 107 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 46.73 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2248 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 64 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
143.9 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
760.3 GB/s

API

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

Results

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

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