AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

3
Place in performance rating
4
Navi / RDNA2
Architecture
Ampere
8 December 2020 (less than a year ago)
Release date
16 September 2020 (1 year ago)
$999
Launch price (MSRP)
$699
$2020 (2x MSRP)
Price now
$2177 (3.1x MSRP)
14.82
Value for money
12.52
Navi 21
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1825 MHz
Core clock speed
1450 MHz
7 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
720.0
Texture fill rate
465.1
5120
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8704
2250 MHz
Boost clock speed
1710 MHz
26,800 million
Number of transistors
28,300 million
300 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
320 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
267 mm
Length
285 mm
2x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR6X
16 GB
Maximum RAM amount
10 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
320 Bit
16000 MHz
Memory clock speed
19000 MHz
512.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
760.3 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
HDMI
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

3.01% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($2020 (2x MSRP) vs $2177 (3.1x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 8 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (16 GB vs 10 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

More memory bandwidth (760.3 GB/s vs 512.0 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT .

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080