ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
vs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB and the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB and has 8960 texture shaders and 70 execution units.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G is based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, which has 4608 shaders and 72 execution units.
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB GPU GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GA102 GPU Chip Navi 21 XT
Ampere Architecture RDNA 2
70 Streaming Multiprocessors 72
8960 Shader 4608
112 Render Output Units 128
280 Texture Units 288
70 Raytracing Cores 72

Memory

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

12 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
912 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB clocks in the base with up to 1.260 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G is 1.825 GHz.

1.260 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 TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is 350 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 3 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 36-37 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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 ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is 319 mm long, 140 mm high and 58 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G is 286 mm long, 118 mm high and 58 mm wide.

319 mm Length 286 mm
140 mm Height 118 mm
58 mm Width 58 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB was released in Q1/2022 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 649 $ (Reference).

ROG-STRIX-RTX3080-12G-GAMING Part-no GV-R68XTGAMING-16GD
Q1/2022 Release date Q4/2020
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 649 $ (Reference)
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)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
106 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
102 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
128 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
112 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 ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
109 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
105 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
188 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
16 GB GDDR6
180 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
204 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming 16G
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

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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