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ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB GDDR6X · 1.74 GHz · 320 W Speed index 25/100

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.

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.25 GHz · 300 W Speed index 19/100

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.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 is 31 % faster than the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT.

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Speed index
25/100
19/100
FP32
30.29 TFLOPS
23.04 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.74 GHz
2.25 GHz
Memory Size
10 GB GDDR6X
16 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
760 GB/s
512 GB/s
TDP
320 W
300 W
Launch Price
859 $
999 $
584 pts
611 pts

GPU

GPUASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Based onNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GPU ChipGA102-200-K1-A1Navi 21
Streaming Multiprocessors6880
Shader87045120
Render Output Units96128
Texture Units272320
Raytracing Cores6880
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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.

Memory

MemoryASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Memory Size10 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6XGDDR6
Memory Clock1.188 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed19.0 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth760 GB/s512 GB/s
Memory Interface320 bit256 bit
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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.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Base Clock1.440 GHz1.825 GHz
Boost Clock1.740 GHz2.250 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock1.71 GHz2.02 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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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.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
TDP320 W300 W
TDP (up)370 W345 W
Tjunction max93 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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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.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Fan-Type--Axial
Fan 1--3 x 80 mm
Cooler-TypeWater coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)0 dB38 dB
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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.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a2x DP 1.4a
USB-C--1
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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.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDASUS Aura SyncNon addressable LED
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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).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9DecodeDecode / Encode
AV1DecodeDecode
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Length216 mm267 mm
Height136 mm120 mm
Width20 mm--
Width (Slots)1 Slots3 Slots
Weight--1,492 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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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.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2020Q4/2020
Launch Price859 $999 $
Structure size8 nm7 nm
Part-noRTX3080-10G-EK102-D412
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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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.

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 AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT +11.2 %

  1. 8,846
  2. 9,836

Port Royal (Raytracing) ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 +17.5 %

  1. 11,618
  2. 9,889

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 +29.5 %

  1. 4,688
  2. 3,619

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) AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT +6.7 %

  1. 60 fps (avg)
  2. 64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT +5.6 %

  1. 71 fps (avg)
  2. 75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT +7.5 %

  1. 106 fps (avg)
  2. 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) AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT +2.7 %

  1. 37 fps (avg)
  2. 38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT +1.4 %

  1. 73 fps (avg)
  2. 74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT +3.3 %

  1. 122 fps (avg)
  2. 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) AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT +5.8 %

  1. 104 fps (avg)
  2. 110 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT +12.4 %

  1. 178 fps (avg)
  2. 200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 +1.0 %

  1. 202 fps (avg)
  2. 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 +5.5 %

  1. 170,269
  2. 161,394

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT +8.9 %

  1. 148,307
  2. 161,439

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 235,478

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