AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
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
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
170
153
107
59
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
269
192
135
75
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
145
126
104
64
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
105
87
69
37
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
145
139
95
63
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
106
90
69
43
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
113
100
64
31
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
165
120
63
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High157179
1080p Ultra130153
1440p Ultra95119
4K Ultra5670
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
14608
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy1619319630
Solar Bay6457496489
Port Royal809813261
Fire Strike4438247892
Night Raid142824143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
135060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur298.6 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection186.2 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.75 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.68 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.58 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.16 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching579 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18755.1 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800
22123
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark9871088
DirectX 11214 fps223 fps
DirectX 1289 fps111 fps
GPU Compute11216 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
219.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1131 fps1039 fps
Car Chase1005 fps860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)857.2 fps743.2 fps
T-Rex3344.5 fps3834.2 fps
ALU 25114.6 fps6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2300.1 fps296.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2950.46622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 28, 2020 January, 3, 2021
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 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1700 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2105 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 3840 10240
TMUs 240 320
ROPs 96 112
Execution Units n/a 80
Ray Tracing Cores 60 80
Tensor Cores No 320
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 202 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 505 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 350 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 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6800
512 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 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 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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