AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 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
133
73
58
38
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
121
96
68
34
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
185
128
93
49
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
104
90
65
35
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
68
59
40
23
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
93
86
60
38
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
74
61
42
23
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
73
64
37
18
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
107
76
37
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High108168
1080p Ultra85141
1440p Ultra60108
4K Ultra3363
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
9026
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy965217662
Solar Bay3750385932
Port Royal460311595
Fire Strike2866842429
Night Raid114842132288
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
84088
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur208 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection114.6 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.91 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.71 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.38 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.94 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching306 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics11198.1 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
16471
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark9111052
DirectX 11163 fps207 fps
DirectX 1261 fps100 fps
GPU Compute7706 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
116.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)690.3 fps950.5 fps
Car Chasen/a809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)525.1 fps705.4 fps
T-Rex2173.5 fps3525.4 fps
ALU 22886.2 fps6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2487.2 fps283.8 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a6034.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 30, 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 379 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1968 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2589 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 2048 8704
TMUs 128 272
ROPs 64 96
Execution Units n/a 68
Ray Tracing Cores 32 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 166 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 331 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.6 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 160 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 2000 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 128 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
256 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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