AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
amd
Brand16GB GDDR6
Memory5120
Cores576 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 6950 XT
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory10240
Cores912.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
16GB GDDR6 335W $749.99 May 2022
Radeon RX 6950 XT
$1099 • May 2022
VS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
$1199 • May 2021
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12GB GDDR6X 350W $989.99 May 2021
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1665 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 576 GB/s | 912.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 7nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 5120 | 10240 |
| RT Cores | 80 | 80 |
| TMUs | 320 | 320 |
| ROPs | 128 | 112 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2250 MHz | 1188 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 295.7 GPixel/s | 186.5 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 576 GTexel/s | 912.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 23.65 GFLOPS | 34.1 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 6.00 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
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
21408 (+2%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
189857
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
196756 (+4%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
305.6 FPS (+34%)
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
227.3 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
28129 (+4%)
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
26976
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (582 benchmarks)
Styx: Blades of Greed
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+2%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+0%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+0%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+0%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+0%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+6%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 85 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+3%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+0%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+0%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 27 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 Ti (+8%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+13%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+14%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 29 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 (+3%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+0%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+0%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+15%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 42 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 (+10%)
AVG 119 FPS
MIN 102 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+10%)
AVG 100 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 91 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+8%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
Winner
Loser
Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy
8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy Relic Entertainment
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+13%)
AVG 191 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 169 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 6950 XT (+4%)
AVG 142 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 137 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+1%)
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Wins!
Based on 582 benchmarks across 166 games
79
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
VS
+2%
81
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
AMD • 16GB GDDR6
209
Wins
79
Avg FPS
67
Min FPS
36%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
330
Wins
81
Avg FPS
68
Min FPS
57%
Win Rate
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