AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6800, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
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
176
114
94
68
151
98
85
64
The Witcher 3
170
153
107
59
171
141
104
55
Counter-Strike 2
269
192
135
75
241
195
134
78
Far Cry 6
145
126
104
64
131
119
95
56
Hogwarts Legacy
105
87
69
37
97
81
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
145
139
95
63
120
116
81
53
Ghost of Tsushima
106
90
69
43
88
74
57
31
Cyberpunk 2077
113
100
64
31
105
93
60
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
165
120
63
164
151
112
59
Avg FPS
1080p High157141
1080p Ultra130119
1440p Ultra9588
4K Ultra5651
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
14608
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
Time Spy1619313641
Solar Bay6457464184
Port Royal80988309
Fire Strike4438234034
Night Raid142824120956
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
135060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
Background Blur298.6 frames/s161.6 frames/s
Face Detection186.2 frames/s117.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.75 Gpix/sec5.89 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.68 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.58 Gpix/sec6.65 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.16 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching579 Gpix/sec550.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18755.1 fps17613.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800
22123
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
G2D Mark987998
DirectX 11214 fps181 fps
DirectX 1289 fps85 fps
GPU Compute11216 Ops/s11282 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
219.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1131 fps856 fps
Car Chase1005 fps668 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)857.2 fps592.9 fps
T-Rex3344.5 fps3078.4 fps
ALU 25114.6 fps4531.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2300.1 fps283 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2950.44563.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 28, 2020 October, 22, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 21 GA104
Price 579 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1700 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2105 MHz 1725 MHz
Shader Units 3840 5888
TMUs 240 184
ROPs 96 96
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores 60 46
Tensor Cores No 184
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 202 Gpix/sec 166 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 505 GTex/s 317 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 220 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6800
512 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
448 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

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