AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
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
231
164
156
120
The Witcher 3
146
120
87
44
248
214
157
81
Counter-Strike 2
226
160
112
58
312
227
166
84
Far Cry 6
123
110
83
48
182
160
145
90
Hogwarts Legacy
85
72
54
27
164
137
106
61
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
113
74
47
215
211
172
115
Ghost of Tsushima
93
73
55
31
145
126
109
69
Cyberpunk 2077
88
77
50
24
198
171
122
57
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
149
135
98
49
287
267
200
108
Avg FPS
1080p High132220
1080p Ultra106186
1440p Ultra76148
4K Ultra4287
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
11451
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
30217
Time Spy1280728170
Solar Bay50157136727
Port Royal616217959
Fire Strike3584464703
Night Raid130743183971
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
110742
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
217712
Background Blur245.8 frames/s250.4 frames/s
Face Detection153.3 frames/s190 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.99 Gpix/sec9.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.82 Gpix/sec12.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.37 Gpix/sec15.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching474.4 Gpix/sec1130 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13872.6 fps28795.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
19820
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
34516
G2D Mark9461236
DirectX 11174 fps316 fps
DirectX 1277 fps131 fps
GPU Compute9584 Ops/s20847 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
173.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
320.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)943.9 fps1476.2 fps
Car Chase840 fps1250 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.3 fps1062.9 fps
T-Rex2906.3 fps5492.1 fps
ALU 23886.3 fps9330.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2290.8 fps291.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2414.49274.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 3, 2021 September, 20, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 22 AD103
Price 479 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2321 MHz 2205 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2581 MHz 2505 MHz
Shader Units 2560 9728
TMUs 160 304
ROPs 64 112
Execution Units n/a 76
Ray Tracing Cores 40 76
Tensor Cores n/a 304
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 165 Gpix/sec 281 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 413 GTex/s 762 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 230 W 320 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 335 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 45 billion
Transistor density 50.75 MTr/mm² 118.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1400 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 22400 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
384 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
716.8 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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