ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
vs
XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Black Gaming


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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Black Gaming has 4608 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.36 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 21.75 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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Black Gaming is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 72 execution units.
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 GPU XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Black Gaming
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GA102-200-K1-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21 XT
Ampere Architecture RDNA 2
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 72
8704 Shader 4608
96 Render Output Units 128
272 Texture Units 288
68 Raytracing Cores 72

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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Black Gaming 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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Black Gaming is 2.360 GHz.

1.440 GHz Base Clock 1.925 GHz
1.740 GHz Boost Clock 2.360 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.11 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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Black Gaming 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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Black Gaming is cooled by a Air cooling.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 x 105 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) 35-36 dB

Connectivity

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

The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Black Gaming 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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Black Gaming 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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Black Gaming is 20 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

216 mm Length 340 mm
136 mm Height 138 mm
20 mm Width 54 mm
1 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1817 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 XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Black Gaming published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

RTX3080-10G-EK Part-no RX-68XTACBD9
Q3/2020 Release date Q1/2021
859 $ Launch Price 799 $
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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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)

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