AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
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
231
164
156
120
The Witcher 3
199
176
129
65
248
214
157
81
Counter-Strike 2
284
200
144
77
312
227
166
84
Far Cry 6
159
143
120
75
182
160
145
90
Hogwarts Legacy
116
98
76
41
164
137
106
61
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
164
117
79
215
211
172
115
Ghost of Tsushima
122
103
81
52
145
126
109
69
Cyberpunk 2077
132
117
77
34
198
171
122
57
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
204
191
144
73
287
267
200
108
Avg FPS
1080p High176220
1080p Ultra147186
1440p Ultra111148
4K Ultra6487
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
17610
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
30217
Time Spy1934028170
Solar Bay78380136727
Port Royal969017959
Fire Strike5302964703
Night Raid155564183971
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
138858
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
217712
Background Blur335.7 frames/s250.4 frames/s
Face Detection221.1 frames/s190 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.16 Gpix/sec9.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.96 Gpix/sec12.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.44 Gpix/sec15.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.31 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching263 Gpix/sec1130 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics14755 fps28795.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
24993
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
34516
G2D Mark10251236
DirectX 11264 fps316 fps
DirectX 12100 fps131 fps
GPU Compute13655 Ops/s20847 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
264.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
320.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1271.6 fps1476.2 fps
Car Chase1173.9 fps1250 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1067.6 fps1062.9 fps
T-Rex4026.9 fps5492.1 fps
ALU 25306.3 fps9330.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2278.9 fps291.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation35679274.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 18, 2020 September, 20, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 21 AD103
Price 649 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 2205 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 2505 MHz
Shader Units 4608 9728
TMUs 288 304
ROPs 128 112
Execution Units n/a 76
Ray Tracing Cores 72 76
Tensor Cores n/a 304
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 288 Gpix/sec 281 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 648 GTex/s 762 GTex/s
FLOPS 20.7 TFLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 W 320 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 45 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 118.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1400 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 22400 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
512 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
716.8 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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