GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 MASTER 12G
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G (rev. 2.0)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 MASTER 12G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G (rev. 2.0) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 MASTER 12G has the GA102 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G (rev. 2.0) is based on the graphics chip Navi 21, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 MASTER 12G GPU GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G (rev. 2.0)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GA102 GPU Chip Navi 21
Ampere Architecture RDNA 2
70 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
8960 Shader 5120
112 Render Output Units 128
280 Texture Units 320
70 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 MASTER 12G clocks at 1.188 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 19.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G (rev. 2.0) is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

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 clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.260 GHz Base Clock 1.950 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 2.335 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.14 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 MASTER 12G is powered by 3 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 350 W.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G (rev. 2.0) has 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 300 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 MASTER 12G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G (rev. 2.0) has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 110 mm
2 x 115 mm Fan 2 1 x 100 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 36 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 MASTER 12G.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G (rev. 2.0) supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
3x 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

With the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 MASTER 12G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G (rev. 2.0) is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 MASTER 12G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 4 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G (rev. 2.0) needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

319 mm Length 322 mm
140 mm Height 140 mm
70 mm Width 60 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 MASTER 12G has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q1/2022.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G (rev. 2.0) came on the market in Q4/2021 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N3080AORUS M-12GD Part-no GV-R69XTAORUS M-16GD
Q1/2022 Release date Q4/2021
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 999 $ (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)

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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