SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
vs
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT has 5120 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.32 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 23.65 TFLOPS.

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC) has 10240 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.71 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 35.02 TFLOPS.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 80 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC) is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 80 execution units.
SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT GPU KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC)
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 SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.250 GHz clocks.

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC) has a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.188GHz.

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 SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT has a turbo clock of 2.324 GHz. The turbo frequency of the KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC) is 1.710 GHz.

1.925 GHz Base Clock 1.365 GHz
2.324 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
2.12 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT has 1 x 6-Pin, 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 KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC) 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.

391 W TDP 350 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC) is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 92 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC) 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
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC) 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
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 SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT is 58 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC) is 58 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

320 mm Length 329 mm
135 mm Height 130 mm
58 mm Width 61 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT was released in Q2/2022.

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC) published in Q2/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

11317-02-20G Part-no 38IOM5MD99DK
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)

SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
16 GB GDDR6
114 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC) KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC)
12 GB GDDR6X
113 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)

SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
16 GB GDDR6
132 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC) KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC)
12 GB GDDR6X
131 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)

SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
16 GB GDDR6
121 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC) KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC)
12 GB GDDR6X
113 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC) KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC)
12 GB GDDR6X
191 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT SAPPHIRE Nitro+ Radeon RX 6950 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC) KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SG (1-Click OC)
12 GB GDDR6X
205 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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