MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G
vs
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 576 GB/s.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G has the Navi 21 KXTX graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is based on the graphics chip GA102-225-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G GPU ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Navi 21 KXTX GPU Chip GA102-225-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
5120 Shader 10240
128 Render Output Units 112
320 Texture Units 320
80 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G clocks at 2.250 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 18.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is 19.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.188 GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
2.250 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
18.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
576 GB/s Memory bandwidth 912 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.925 GHz Base Clock 1.365 GHz
2.324 GHz Boost Clock 1.695 GHz
2.12 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G is powered by 3 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 340 W.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 350 W.

340 W TDP 350 W
-- TDP (up) 370 W
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 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 2x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 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 ASUS Aura Sync

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 / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

325 mm Length 300 mm
140 mm Height 127 mm
55 mm Width 52 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 MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q2/2022.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti came on the market in Q2/2021 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no TUF-RTX3080TI-12G-GAMING
Q2/2022 Release date Q2/2021
1,099 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,199 $ (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)

MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G
16 GB GDDR6
114 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X
112 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)

MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G
16 GB GDDR6
132 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X
130 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)

MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G
16 GB GDDR6
121 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X
112 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X
189 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING TRIO 16G
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12 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

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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