GeForce RTX 3080 and Radeon RX 6500 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce RTX 3080 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT
GeForce RTX 3080
26043
Radeon RX 6500 XT
9825
GeForce RTX 3080
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
Navi 24
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2020
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1710 MHz
2815 MHz
Core clock speed
1450 MHz
2610 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
5,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8704
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
320 Watt
107 Watt
Texture fill rate
465.1
180.2
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
10 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
320 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
19000 MHz
18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
760.3 GB/s
143.9 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.5
-
OpenCL
2.0
2.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.3