amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

4608

Cores

512 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

$649 Oct 2020 View Details

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 Jan 2022 View Details

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

16GB GDDR6 300W $649 Oct 2020

Radeon RX 6800 XT

$649 • Oct 2020

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W $799 Jan 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Memory Size	16 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	300 W	350 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2250 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	512 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Process Size	7nm	8nm
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Shading Units	4608	8960
RT Cores	72	70
TMUs	288	280
ROPs	128	96
Memory Bus	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	2000 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	288 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	512 GTexel/s	912.4 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	20.74 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	700 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

17608

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

20091 (+14%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

138858

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

173382 (+25%)

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)

264.2 FPS (+25%)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

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

24994

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

26575 (+6%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (545 benchmarks)

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play • Everstone Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+22%)

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+10%)

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa Rally

8.1 2025 • Racing • Supernova Games Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+21%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+18%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+14%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

Winner

Loser

Anno 117 Pax Romana

7.5 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Ubisoft Mainz

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+13%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+20%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+27%)

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+26%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+28%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+29%)

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

Europa Universalis V

8.1 2025 • Strategy • Paradox Tinto

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+45%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 111 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+42%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+29%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

Winner

Loser

Jurassic World Evolution 3

8 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Frontier Developments

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+17%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+23%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+21%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Outer Worlds 2

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Obsidian Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+11%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+6%)

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+19%)

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+19%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+15%)

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+20%)

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Wins!

Based on 545 benchmarks across 156 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6800 XT

+11.7%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB