AMD Radeon RX 6800 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory3840
Cores512 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 6800
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory8960
Cores912.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 6800
16GB GDDR6 250W N/A Oct 2020
Radeon RX 6800
$579 • Oct 2020
VS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
$799 • Jan 2022
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
12GB GDDR6X 350W $329.99 Jan 2022
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 6800 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 250 W | 350 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2105 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 512 GB/s | 912.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 7nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 3840 | 8960 |
| RT Cores | 60 | 70 |
| TMUs | 240 | 280 |
| ROPs | 96 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1188 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 202.1 GPixel/s | 164.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 512 GTexel/s | 912.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 16.17 GFLOPS | 30.64 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 5.00 MB |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | 628 mm² |
| Transistors | 26800 Million | 28300 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 750 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
14608
AMD Radeon RX 6800
20091 (+38%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
135060
AMD Radeon RX 6800
173382 (+28%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
219.6 FPS (+4%)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
211.5 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
22147
AMD Radeon RX 6800
26575 (+20%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison (586 benchmarks)
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+2%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+12%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+20%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+36%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+50%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+60%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+12%)
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+21%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+34%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Winner
Loser
Crimson Desert
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Pearl Abyss
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+36%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+44%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+71%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resident Evil Requiem
8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+8%)
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+18%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+38%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Winner
Loser
Styx: Blades of Greed
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+24%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+26%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+32%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+15%)
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+19%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+30%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes
7.6 2025 • Action, Adventure Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+31%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+39%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+52%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX 6800
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Wins!
Based on 586 benchmarks across 166 games
62
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 6800
VS
+25.4%
78
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
17
Wins
62
Avg FPS
52
Min FPS
3%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
559
Wins
78
Avg FPS
66
Min FPS
95%
Win Rate
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