AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 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
196
131
112
80
156
102
93
68
The Witcher 3
199
176
129
65
177
148
105
59
Counter-Strike 2
284
200
144
77
261
198
140
81
Far Cry 6
159
143
120
75
134
124
102
64
Hogwarts Legacy
116
98
76
41
104
85
65
36
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
164
117
79
133
120
93
60
Ghost of Tsushima
122
103
81
52
94
79
63
36
Cyberpunk 2077
132
117
77
34
115
102
63
29
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
204
191
144
73
178
165
125
68
Avg FPS
1080p High176150
1080p Ultra147125
1440p Ultra11194
4K Ultra6456
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
17610
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
15403
Time Spy1934014873
Solar Bay7838069827
Port Royal96908880
Fire Strike5302937227
Night Raid155564133622
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
138858
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
136096
Background Blur335.7 frames/s197 frames/s
Face Detection221.1 frames/s128.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.16 Gpix/sec6.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.96 Gpix/sec8.81 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.44 Gpix/sec6.47 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.31 Gpix/sec1.26 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching263 Gpix/sec609.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics14755 fps18205 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
24993
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
23425
G2D Mark10251051
DirectX 11264 fps192 fps
DirectX 12100 fps91 fps
GPU Compute13655 Ops/s11708 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
264.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
194.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1271.6 fps865.5 fps
Car Chase1173.9 fps699.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1067.6 fps610.7 fps
T-Rex4026.9 fps3191.9 fps
ALU 25306.3 fps4526.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2278.9 fps288.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation35674520.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 18, 2020 June, 10, 2021
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 649 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1575 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 1770 MHz
Shader Units 4608 6144
TMUs 288 192
ROPs 128 96
Execution Units n/a 48
Ray Tracing Cores 72 48
Tensor Cores n/a 192
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 170 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 648 GTex/s 340 GTex/s
FLOPS 20.7 TFLOPS 21.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 W 290 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 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
512 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
608.3 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

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