PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate
vs
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate and the Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and has 5120 texture shaders and 80 execution units.

Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB, which has 8960 shaders and 70 execution units.
PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate GPU Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
Navi 21 GPU Chip GA102
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 70
5120 Shader 8960
128 Render Output Units 112
320 Texture Units 280
80 Raytracing Cores 70

Memory

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB can access 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 12 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 912 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate clocks in the base with up to 1.825 GHz. The base frequency of the Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB is 1.260 GHz.

1.825 GHz Base Clock 1.260 GHz
2.425 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
2.24 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate is 300 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 3 x 8-Pin connector.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB has a TDP of 350 W and is supplied with the required energy via 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
34 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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 PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate is 320 mm long, 135 mm high and 62 mm wide.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB is 304 mm long, 136 mm high and 60 mm wide.

320 mm Length 304 mm
135 mm Height 136 mm
62 mm Width 60 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 PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate was released in Q2/2021 at a price of 999 $ (Reference).

The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

AXRX 6900XTU 16GBD6-3DHE/OC Part-no NED3080019KB-1020G
Q2/2021 Release date Q1/2022
999 $ (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)

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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