AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6700 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
158
91
74
53
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
146
120
87
44
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
226
160
112
58
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
123
110
83
48
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
85
72
54
27
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
113
74
47
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
93
73
55
31
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
88
77
50
24
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
149
135
98
49
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High132168
1080p Ultra106141
1440p Ultra76108
4K Ultra4263
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
11451
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy1280717662
Solar Bay5015785932
Port Royal616211595
Fire Strike3584442429
Night Raid130743132288
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
110742
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur245.8 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection153.3 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.99 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.82 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.37 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching474.4 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13872.6 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
19820
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark9461052
DirectX 11174 fps207 fps
DirectX 1277 fps100 fps
GPU Compute9584 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
173.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)943.9 fps950.5 fps
Car Chase840 fps809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.3 fps705.4 fps
T-Rex2906.3 fps3525.4 fps
ALU 23886.3 fps6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2290.8 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2414.46034.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 3, 2021 September, 1, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 22 GA102
Price 479 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 2321 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2581 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 2560 8704
TMUs 160 272
ROPs 64 96
Execution Units n/a 68
Ray Tracing Cores 40 68
Tensor Cores n/a 272
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 5000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 165 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 413 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 230 W 320 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 335 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 50.75 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 192 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
384 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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