AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
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
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
60
46
27
16
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
96
67
46
19
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
65
55
40
19
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
38
29
20
10
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
51
45
29
19
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
37
28
21
10
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
36
33
19
n/a
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
69
61
36
18
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High60179
1080p Ultra46153
1440p Ultra30119
4K Ultra1570
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
4786
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy495119630
Solar Bay1997996489
Port Royal36713261
Fire Strike1557747892
Night Raid65281143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
53081
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur130.3 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection70.1 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.59 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.21 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.02 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.65 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching223 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7470.5 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
9578
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark8101088
DirectX 1190 fps223 fps
DirectX 1238 fps111 fps
GPU Compute4502 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
52.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)360.9 fps1039 fps
Car Chase373.9 fps860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)278.5 fps743.2 fps
T-Rex1305.6 fps3834.2 fps
ALU 21331.2 fps6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2259.2 fps296.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1300.56622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 19, 2022 January, 3, 2021
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 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2815 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 1024 10240
TMUs 64 320
ROPs 32 112
Execution Units n/a 80
Ray Tracing Cores 16 80
Tensor Cores No 320
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 90 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 180 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.8 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 107 W 350 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 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
143.9 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 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 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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