ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
vs
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 has 8704 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.74 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 30.29 TFLOPS.

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT has 5120 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.25 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 23.04 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 68 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 80 execution units.
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 GPU AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GA102-200-K1-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21
Ampere Architecture RDNA 2
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
8704 Shader 5120
96 Render Output Units 128
272 Texture Units 320
68 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 is equipped with a 10 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.188 GHz clocks.

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

10 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
760 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
320 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 has a turbo clock of 1.740 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is 2.250 GHz.

1.440 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
1.740 GHz Boost Clock 2.250 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.02 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

320 W TDP 300 W
370 W TDP (up) 345 W
93 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 are cooled with a Water cooling.

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) 38 dB

Connectivity

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED Non addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 is 20 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is 20 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

216 mm Length 267 mm
136 mm Height 120 mm
20 mm Width --
1 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1492 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 was released in Q3/2020.

The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

RTX3080-10G-EK Part-no 102-D412
Q3/2020 Release date Q4/2020
859 $ Launch Price 999 $
8 nm Structure size 7 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
8846
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
9836

Port Royal (Raytracing)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
11618
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
9889

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
4688
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
3619

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
60 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
71 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
106 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
114 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
37 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
73 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
122 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
126 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
104 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
110 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
178 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
202 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
170269
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
161394

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
148307
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
161439

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
235478

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
30.29
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
23.04

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