MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 10G LHR
vs
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 10G LHR is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR (Ampere) and has 10 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 10G LHR has the GA102-202-K1-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 21 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 10G LHR GPU Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GA102-202-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 graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 10G LHR clocks at 1.188 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 19.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

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

1.440 GHz Base Clock 1.925 GHz
1.755 GHz Boost Clock 2.360 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.11 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 10G LHR is powered by 3 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 340 W.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 300 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 10G LHR is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 85 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
36-38 dB Noise (Load) 36 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 10G LHR.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 10G LHR it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED Addressable LED

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 MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 10G LHR is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

323 mm Length 310 mm
140 mm Height 135 mm
56 mm Width 55 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1537 g Weight 1240 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 10G LHR has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q2/2021.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 XT came on the market in Q1/2021 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no 11304-02-20G
Q2/2021 Release date Q1/2021
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 769 $
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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