NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

2
Place in performance rating
3
Ampere
Architecture
Navi / RDNA2
24 September 2020 (1 year ago)
Release date
8 December 2020 (less than a year ago)
$1,499
Launch price (MSRP)
$999
$3495 (2.3x MSRP)
Price now
$2020 (2x MSRP)
3.86
Value for money
14.82
Ampere GA102
GPU code name
Navi 21
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1400 MHz
Core clock speed
1825 MHz
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
556.0
Texture fill rate
720.0
10496
Pipelines / CUDA cores
5120
1700 MHz
Boost clock speed
2250 MHz
28,300 million
Number of transistors
26,800 million
350 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
300 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
313 mm
Length
267 mm
1x 12-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT can be seen in this section.

GDDR6X
Memory type
GDDR6
24 GB
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
19500 MHz
Memory clock speed
16000 MHz
936.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
512.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, the size and number of monitors.

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

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 or AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

2.66% faster in synthetic tests

More maximum RAM amount (24 GB vs 16 GB)

More memory bandwidth (936.2 GB/s vs 512.0 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Cheaper ($2020 (2x MSRP) vs $3495 (2.3x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 8 nm)

So, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 or AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 .

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 versus AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT