AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

5120

Cores

576 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 6950 XT

$749.99 May 2022 View Details

$749.99

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$329.99 Jan 2022 View Details

$329.99

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

16GB GDDR6 335W $749.99 May 2022

Radeon RX 6950 XT

$1099 • May 2022

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W $329.99 Jan 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Memory Size	16 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	335 W	350 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2310 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	576 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	2250 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	295.7 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	576 GTexel/s	912.4 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	23.65 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

21011 (+5%)

AMD Radeon RX 6950 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

189857 (+10%)

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

173382

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)

305.6 FPS (+44%)

AMD Radeon RX 6950 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

28129 (+6%)

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

26575

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (619 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+32%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+36%)

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+43%)

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 7 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+9%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+0%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+5%)

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+3%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+6%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+15%)

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+6%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+0%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+4%)

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+3%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+0%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+0%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • IO Interactive A/S

1080p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+12%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+13%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+12%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+42%)

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+52%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+31%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Background

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

7.8 2026 • Action, Adventure • TT Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+0%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+0%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| ultra

Radeon RX 6950 XT (+3%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Wins!

Based on 619 benchmarks across 173 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6950 XT

-1.2%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB