The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Ampere) and has 10 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 760 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock is 31 % faster than the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT.
The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT has the Navi 21 graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.
The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock is based on the graphics chip GA102-200-K1-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
Memory
Memory
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
Memory Size
16 GB
10 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6X
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
1.188 GHz
Memory Speed
16.0 Gbps
19.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
760 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
320 bit
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The graphics memory of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock is 19.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.188 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
Base Clock
1.825 GHz
1.440 GHz
Boost Clock
2.285 GHz
1.755 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.05 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
TDP
340 W
340 W
TDP (up)
390 W
370 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
3 x 8-Pin
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 340 W.
The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock has 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 340 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
3 x 90 mm
Fan 2
1 x 90 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
33 dB
41-43 dB
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.
The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4a
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT.
The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Addressable LED
Addressable LED
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With the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
Decode
Decode
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
Length
310 mm
304 mm
Height
134 mm
136 mm
Width
55 mm
60 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
3 Slots
Weight
1,300 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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