AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6600, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 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
140
81
66
45
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
125
108
74
38
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
202
142
96
52
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
110
98
73
42
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
76
62
47
22
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
103
95
66
42
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
80
63
45
23
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
80
71
42
18
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
137
118
85
39
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High117168
1080p Ultra93141
1440p Ultra66108
4K Ultra3663
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
10197
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy1042317662
Solar Bay4497385932
Port Royal582011595
Fire Strike2647842429
Night Raid98514132288
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
58048
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur104.1 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection79.7 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.05 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.59 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.64 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching257.8 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7635.3 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600
15100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark8811052
DirectX 11152 fps207 fps
DirectX 1251 fps100 fps
GPU Compute6706 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600
96.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)567.8 fps950.5 fps
Car Chasen/a809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)427.9 fps705.4 fps
T-Rex1906.1 fps3525.4 fps
ALU 22284.3 fps6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2600 fps283.8 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a6034.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 13, 2021 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 23 GA102
Price 329 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1626 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2491 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 1792 8704
TMUs 112 272
ROPs 64 96
Execution Units n/a 68
Ray Tracing Cores 28 68
Tensor Cores No 272
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 5000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 159 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 279 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 132 W 320 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 128 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6600
224 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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