Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
vs
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

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.

GPU

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT has the Navi 21 XT 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.
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Navi 21 XT GPU Chip GA102-200-K1-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Ampere
72 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
4608 Shader 8704
128 Render Output Units 96
288 Texture Units 272
72 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

The graphics memory of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 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.

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

1.825 GHz Base Clock 1.440 GHz
2.250 GHz Boost Clock 1.755 GHz
2.02 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 300 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.

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

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 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.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
37 dB Noise (Load) 41-43 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 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 1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 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.

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

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 Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 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.

267 mm Length 304 mm
120 mm Height 136 mm
50 mm Width 60 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1500 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q2/2021.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

21304-01-20G Part-no NED3080U19IA-1020G
Q2/2021 Release date Q4/2020
649 $ (Reference) Launch Price 749 $
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)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
10 GB GDDR6X
61 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
10 GB GDDR6X
72 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
102 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
10 GB GDDR6X
107 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)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
10 GB GDDR6X
37 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
10 GB GDDR6X
74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
112 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
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)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
105 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
10 GB GDDR6X
105 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
180 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
10 GB GDDR6X
180 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock
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

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
195225

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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