AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory5120
Cores576 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 6950 XT
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory8960
Cores912.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
16GB GDDR6 335W $749.99 May 2022
Radeon RX 6950 XT
$1099 • May 2022
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 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 (571 benchmarks)
Styx: Blades of Greed
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+2%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+2%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+3%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+10%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+7%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+3%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 26 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 (+5%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+9%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+10%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Winner
Loser
PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO
8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+7%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+3%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+10%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Winner
Loser
Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories
8 2025 • Action, Adventure Ubisoft Bordeaux
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+13%)
AVG 119 FPS
MIN 102 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 105 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+14%)
AVG 100 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+12%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
Winner
Loser
Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy
8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy Relic Entertainment
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+9%)
AVG 185 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 169 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+7%)
AVG 142 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 133 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+3%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Wins!
Based on 571 benchmarks across 163 games
80
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
VS
-1.2%
79
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
258
Wins
80
Avg FPS
67
Min FPS
45%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
271
Wins
79
Avg FPS
66
Min FPS
47%
Win Rate
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