AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT 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
216
139
123
90
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
217
190
143
76
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
302
211
152
81
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
173
157
134
86
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
130
108
83
46
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
194
183
133
91
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
133
115
97
58
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
148
130
90
41
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
237
213
166
84
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High194179
1080p Ultra161153
1440p Ultra125119
4K Ultra7370
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
21012
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy2155319630
Solar Bay8933596489
Port Royal1121813261
Fire Strike5996247892
Night Raid163702143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
189857
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur382.1 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection259 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.93 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.39 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.48 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching824.3 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics26538.1 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
28105
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark10541088
DirectX 11300 fps223 fps
DirectX 12114 fps111 fps
GPU Compute14668 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
305.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1405.7 fps1039 fps
Car Chase1302.1 fps860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1142.2 fps743.2 fps
T-Rex4325.2 fps3834.2 fps
ALU 26842.6 fps6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2287.9 fps296.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3895.66622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 10, 2022 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 1099 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1860 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 5120 10240
TMUs 320 320
ROPs 128 112
Execution Units n/a 80
Ray Tracing Cores 80 80
Tensor Cores n/a 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 296 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 739 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 335 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 2250 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
576 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

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