GeForce RTX 3080 and Radeon RX 6950 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce RTX 3080 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT
GeForce RTX 3080
26043
Radeon RX 6950 XT
29146
GeForce RTX 3080
Radeon RX 6950 XT
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
Navi
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2020
May 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1710 MHz
2324 MHz
Core clock speed
1450 MHz
1925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
26,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8704
5120
Power consumption (TDP)
320 Watt
335 Watt
Texture fill rate
465.1
743.7
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
10 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
320 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
19000 MHz
18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
760.3 GB/s
576.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.5
-
OpenCL
2.0
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2
1.3