AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6800, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 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
176
114
94
68
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
170
153
107
59
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
269
192
135
75
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
145
126
104
64
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
105
87
69
37
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
145
139
95
63
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
106
90
69
43
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
113
100
64
31
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
165
120
63
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High157168
1080p Ultra130141
1440p Ultra95108
4K Ultra5663
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
14608
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy1619317662
Solar Bay6457485932
Port Royal809811595
Fire Strike4438242429
Night Raid142824132288
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
135060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur298.6 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection186.2 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.75 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.68 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.58 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.16 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching579 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18755.1 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800
22123
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark9871052
DirectX 11214 fps207 fps
DirectX 1289 fps100 fps
GPU Compute11216 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
219.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1131 fps950.5 fps
Car Chase1005 fps809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)857.2 fps705.4 fps
T-Rex3344.5 fps3525.4 fps
ALU 25114.6 fps6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2300.1 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2950.46034.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 28, 2020 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 21 GA102
Price 579 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1700 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2105 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 3840 8704
TMUs 240 272
ROPs 96 96
Execution Units n/a 68
Ray Tracing Cores 60 68
Tensor Cores No 272
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 5000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 202 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 505 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 320 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 256 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6800
512 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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