ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 vs Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0)

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 Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) has 5120 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.37 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 24.22 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 Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 80 execution units.
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080	GPU	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0)
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 Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) 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 Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) is 2.365 GHz.
1.440 GHz	Base Clock	1.825 GHz
1.740 GHz	Boost Clock	2.365 GHz
1.71 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock	2.14 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 Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 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	400 W
370 W	TDP (up)	--
93 °C	Tjunction max	100 °C
2 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 6-Pin, 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 Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) is cooled by a AIO water cooling.
--	Fan-Type	Axial
--	Fan 1	3 x 120 mm
--	Fan 2	1 x 90 mm
Water cooling	Cooler-Type	AIO water cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
0 dB	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3. The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) 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	3x DP v1.4a
--	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate). The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) 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	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 Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) is 20 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
216 mm	Length	270 mm
136 mm	Height	130 mm
20 mm	Width	45 mm
1 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	3 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	1148 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 Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.
RTX3080-10G-EK	Part-no	11308-06-20G
Q3/2020	Release date	Q1/2021
859 $	Launch Price	1,499 $
8 nm	Structure size	7 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
1.440 GHz, 10 GB (320 W TDP)

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Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0)
1.825 GHz, 16 GB (400 W TDP)

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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 10 GB GDDR6X	8846
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) 16 GB GDDR6	10088

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB GDDR6X	11618
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) 16 GB GDDR6	10142

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB GDDR6X	4688
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) 16 GB GDDR6	3712

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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 10 GB GDDR6X	60 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) 16 GB GDDR6	67 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB GDDR6X	71 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) 16 GB GDDR6	79 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB GDDR6X	106 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) 16 GB GDDR6	120 fps (avg)

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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 10 GB GDDR6X	37 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) 16 GB GDDR6	40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB GDDR6X	73 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) 16 GB GDDR6	78 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB GDDR6X	122 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) 16 GB GDDR6	132 fps (avg)

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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 10 GB GDDR6X	170269
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) 16 GB GDDR6	169660

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB GDDR6X	148307
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) 16 GB GDDR6	169707

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) 16 GB GDDR6	247538

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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 10 GB GDDR6X	30.29
	Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0) 16 GB GDDR6	24.22

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ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
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Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Limited Edition (rev 2.0)

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