AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
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
123
79
68
45
The Witcher 3
170
153
107
59
141
112
83
46
Counter-Strike 2
269
192
135
75
201
153
112
54
Far Cry 6
145
126
104
64
106
92
76
39
Hogwarts Legacy
105
87
69
37
76
63
46
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
145
139
95
63
96
86
60
40
Ghost of Tsushima
106
90
69
43
71
59
44
25
Cyberpunk 2077
113
100
64
31
84
72
45
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
165
120
63
125
115
83
45
Avg FPS
1080p High157114
1080p Ultra13092
1440p Ultra9569
4K Ultra5638
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
14608
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
10202
Time Spy1619310479
Solar Bay6457445677
Port Royal80986250
Fire Strike4438226767
Night Raid14282483274
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
135060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
118499
Background Blur298.6 frames/s170.3 frames/s
Face Detection186.2 frames/s113.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.75 Gpix/sec5.59 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.68 Gpix/sec7.94 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.58 Gpix/sec6.19 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.16 Gpix/sec1.16 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching579 Gpix/sec467 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18755.1 fps15131.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800
22123
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
15373
G2D Mark987644
DirectX 11214 fps138 fps
DirectX 1289 fps64 fps
GPU Compute11216 Ops/s6902 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
219.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
121.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1131 fps644.4 fps
Car Chase1005 fps565.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)857.2 fps483.8 fps
T-Rex3344.5 fps2380.5 fps
ALU 25114.6 fps3169.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2300.1 fps246.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2950.43511.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 28, 2020 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 21 GA104 (GN20-E5)
Price 579 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1700 MHz 780-1215 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2105 MHz 1290-1620 MHz
Shader Units 3840 5120
TMUs 240 160
ROPs 96 80
Execution Units n/a 40
Ray Tracing Cores 60 40
Tensor Cores No 160
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 103-130 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 505 GTex/s 206-259 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 13.2-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 80-150 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 17.4 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 44.39 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1500-1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6800
512 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

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