AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 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
196
131
112
80
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
199
176
129
65
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
284
200
144
77
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
159
143
120
75
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
116
98
76
41
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
164
117
79
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
122
103
81
52
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
132
117
77
34
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
204
191
144
73
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High176168
1080p Ultra147141
1440p Ultra111108
4K Ultra6463
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
17610
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy1934017662
Solar Bay7838085932
Port Royal969011595
Fire Strike5302942429
Night Raid155564132288
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
138858
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur335.7 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection221.1 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.16 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.96 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.44 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.31 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching263 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics14755 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
24993
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark10251052
DirectX 11264 fps207 fps
DirectX 12100 fps100 fps
GPU Compute13655 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
264.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1271.6 fps950.5 fps
Car Chase1173.9 fps809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1067.6 fps705.4 fps
T-Rex4026.9 fps3525.4 fps
ALU 25306.3 fps6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2278.9 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation35676034.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 18, 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 649 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 4608 8704
TMUs 288 272
ROPs 128 96
Execution Units n/a 68
Ray Tracing Cores 72 68
Tensor Cores n/a 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 288 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 648 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 20.7 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 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 XT
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

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Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
3 (75%)
1 (25%)
Total Votes: 4

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