AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 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
196
131
112
80
151
98
85
64
The Witcher 3
199
176
129
65
171
141
104
55
Counter-Strike 2
284
200
144
77
241
195
134
78
Far Cry 6
159
143
120
75
131
119
95
56
Hogwarts Legacy
116
98
76
41
97
81
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
164
117
79
120
116
81
53
Ghost of Tsushima
122
103
81
52
88
74
57
31
Cyberpunk 2077
132
117
77
34
105
93
60
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
204
191
144
73
164
151
112
59
Avg FPS
1080p High176141
1080p Ultra147119
1440p Ultra11188
4K Ultra6451
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
17610
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
Time Spy1934013641
Solar Bay7838064184
Port Royal96908309
Fire Strike5302934034
Night Raid155564120956
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
138858
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
Background Blur335.7 frames/s161.6 frames/s
Face Detection221.1 frames/s117.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.16 Gpix/sec5.89 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.96 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.44 Gpix/sec6.65 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.31 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching263 Gpix/sec550.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics14755 fps17613.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
24993
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
G2D Mark1025998
DirectX 11264 fps181 fps
DirectX 12100 fps85 fps
GPU Compute13655 Ops/s11282 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
264.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1271.6 fps856 fps
Car Chase1173.9 fps668 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1067.6 fps592.9 fps
T-Rex4026.9 fps3078.4 fps
ALU 25306.3 fps4531.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2278.9 fps283 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation35674563.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 18, 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 649 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 1725 MHz
Shader Units 4608 5888
TMUs 288 184
ROPs 128 96
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores 72 46
Tensor Cores n/a 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 288 Gpix/sec 166 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 648 GTex/s 317 GTex/s
FLOPS 20.7 TFLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 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 XT
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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