EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING vs XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming

GPU comparison with benchmarks The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING has 8960 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 30.64 TFLOPS. The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming has 4608 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.25 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 20.74 TFLOPS.

GPU The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 70 streaming multiprocessors. The graphics card XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 72 execution units.
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING	GPU	XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming
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 EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.188 GHz clocks. The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.
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 EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING has a turbo clock of 1.710 GHz. The turbo frequency of the XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming is 2.250 GHz.
1.260 GHz	Base Clock	1.825 GHz
1.710 GHz	Boost Clock	2.250 GHz
	Avg (Game) Clock	2.02 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING 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 Core 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.
350 W	TDP	300 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 EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING are cooled with a Air cooling. The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming is cooled by a Air cooling.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
3 x 90 mm	Fan 1	2 x 105 mm
--	Fan 2	1 x 90 mm
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
--	Noise (Load)	35-36 dB

Connectivity The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3. The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core 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	3x DP v1.4a
--	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate). The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core 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
Addressable LED	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 EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING is -- 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 Core Gaming is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
285 mm	Length	340 mm
111 mm	Height	138 mm
--	Width	54 mm
3 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, EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING was released in Q1/2022. The XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.
12G-P5-4861-KL	Part-no	RX-68XTALFD9
Q1/2022	Release date	Q1/2021
699 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	749 $
8 nm	Structure size	7 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING
1.260 GHz, 12 GB (350 W TDP)

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1.825 GHz, 16 GB (300 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


	EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING 12 GB GDDR6X	9057
	XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming 16 GB GDDR6	9213

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING 12 GB GDDR6X	11983
	XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming 16 GB GDDR6	9462

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING 12 GB GDDR6X	5037
	XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming 16 GB GDDR6	3527

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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)


	EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING 12 GB GDDR6X	60 fps (avg)
	XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming 16 GB GDDR6	59 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING 12 GB GDDR6X	70 fps (avg)
	XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming 16 GB GDDR6	68 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING 12 GB GDDR6X	104 fps (avg)
	XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming 16 GB GDDR6	102 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)


	EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING 12 GB GDDR6X	38 fps (avg)
	XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming 16 GB GDDR6	32 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING 12 GB GDDR6X	76 fps (avg)
	XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming 16 GB GDDR6	64 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING 12 GB GDDR6X	126 fps (avg)
	XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming 16 GB GDDR6	112 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


	EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING 12 GB GDDR6X	173946
	XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming 16 GB GDDR6	155408

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING 12 GB GDDR6X	152716
	XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming 16 GB GDDR6	155418

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming 16 GB GDDR6	195225

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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)


	EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING 12 GB GDDR6X	30.64
	XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming 16 GB GDDR6	20.74

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EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING
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XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6800 XT Core Gaming

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