Radeon RX 6900 XTX and GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB - video card comparison
Radeon RX 6900 XTX
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Architecture
RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Navi 21
Ampere GA102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2020
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
2435 MHz
1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
26,800 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
5120
8960
Power consumption (TDP)
330 Watt
350 Watt
Texture fill rate
779.2
478.8
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
18 GB/s
1710 MHz
Memory bandwidth
576.0 GB/s
912.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
2.1
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.3