AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Navi 21 | GA102 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Navi 21 XL (215-121000187) | GA102-220-A1 |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ampere |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
| Manufacturing process | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Number of transistors | 26,800 million | 28,300 million |
| Die size | 520 mm² | 628 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Oct 28th, 2020 | Jan 11th, 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| gpu.details.availability | Nov 18th, 2020 | Jan, 2022 |
| Generation | Navi II | GeForce 30 |
| Predecessor | Navi | GeForce 20 |
| Production | Active | Active |
| Launch price | 579 USD | 799 USD |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 22 in our database | — |
| Successor | Navi III | — |
Clocks
| Base clock | 1700 MHz | 1260 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Game clock | 1815 MHz | — |
| Boost clock | 2105 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Memory clock | 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective | 1188 MHz 19 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s | 912.4 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 3840 | 8960 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 240 | 280 |
| ROPs | 96 | 112 |
| Compute units | 60 | — |
| RT cores | 60 | 70 |
| gpu.details.l0-cache | 32 KB per WGP | — |
| Cache L1 | 128 KB per Array | 128 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 4 MB | 5 MB |
| gpu.details.l3-cache | 128 MB | — |
| SM count | — | 70 |
| Tensor cores | — | 280 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 202.1 GPixel/s | 191.5 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 505.2 GTexel/s | 478.8 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 32.33 TFLOPS (2:1) | 30.64 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 16.17 TFLOPS | 30.64 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 1,010 GFLOPS (1:16) | 478.8 GFLOPS (1:64) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 267 mm 10.5 inches | 285 mm 11.2 inches |
| Width | 120 mm 4.7 inches | 112 mm 4.4 inches |
| Height | 40 mm 1.6 inches | 40 mm 1.6 inches |
| TDP | 250 W | 350 W |
| Suggested PSU | 600 W | 750 W |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI2x DisplayPort1x USB Type-C | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Part number | 102-D41209 | — |
| Board number | 109-D412A7 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| CUDA | — | 8.6 |
