AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory5120
Cores512 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 6900 XT
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory8960
Cores912.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16GB GDDR6 300W $499.99 Oct 2020
Radeon RX 6900 XT
$999 • 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 6900 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 | 5120 | 8960 |
| RT Cores | 80 | 70 |
| TMUs | 320 | 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 | 23.04 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
20261 (+1%)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20091
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
124121
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
173382 (+40%)
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)
305.2 FPS (+44%)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 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
26744 (+1%)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26575
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison (577 benchmarks)
Resident Evil Requiem
8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 6900 XT (+7%)
AVG 123 FPS
MIN 91 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
Radeon RX 6900 XT (+0%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+13%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 6900 XT (+25%)
AVG 207 FPS
MIN 169 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 166 FPS
MIN 141 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 6900 XT (+23%)
AVG 174 FPS
MIN 146 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 142 FPS
MIN 124 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
Radeon RX 6900 XT (+11%)
AVG 114 FPS
MIN 97 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
Winner
Loser
Styx: Blades of Greed
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+7%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+7%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+7%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 6900 XT (+1%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+2%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+7%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 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 (+13%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+19%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+23%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO
8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+1%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+6%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+22%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Winner
Loser
Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories
8 2025 • Action, Adventure Ubisoft Bordeaux
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 6900 XT (+4%)
AVG 109 FPS
MIN 94 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 105 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 6900 XT (+5%)
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 6900 XT (+2%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Wins!
Based on 577 benchmarks across 164 games
74
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
VS
+6.8%
79
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
127
Wins
74
Avg FPS
62
Min FPS
22%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
422
Wins
79
Avg FPS
66
Min FPS
73%
Win Rate
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