MSI Radeon RX 6800
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 has 3840 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.11 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 16.17 TFLOPS.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR has 8704 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.76 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 30.55 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 60 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 68 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 6800 GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR
Navi 21 GPU Chip GA102-202-K1-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
60 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
3840 Shader 8704
96 Render Output Units 96
240 Texture Units 272
60 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR has a 10 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.188GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 10 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 760 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 320 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 has a turbo clock of 2.105 GHz. The turbo frequency of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR is 1.755 GHz.

1.700 GHz Base Clock 1.440 GHz
2.105 GHz Boost Clock 1.755 GHz
1.82 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 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 100 °C.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

250 W TDP 320 W
285 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 6800 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR is cooled by a Water cooling.

Axial Fan-Type --
3 x 85 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
35 dB Noise (Load) 0 dB

Connectivity

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR 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
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR 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
Non 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 / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

267 mm Length 263 mm
120 mm Height 132 mm
40 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1395 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX 6800 was released in Q1/2021.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

-- Part-no 10G-P5-3889-KL
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2022
579 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 8 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)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 MSI Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
104 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR
10 GB GDDR6X
123 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 MSI Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
178 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR
10 GB GDDR6X
180 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 MSI Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
195 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hydro Copper Gaming LHR
10 GB GDDR6X
204 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

MSI Radeon RX 6800 MSI Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
165447

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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