AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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Radeon RX 6800 XT compared with GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

	AMDRadeon RX 6800 XT	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Overview
Released
Released	November 2020	December 2020
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	AMD	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	RDNA 2	Ampere
Shader cores
Shader cores	4,608	4,864
Boost clock
Boost clock	2,250 MHz (better)	1,670 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	AMD reference specification; 72 compute units and 26.8 billion transistors	NVIDIA reference specifications; photo shows Gainward's original GDDR6 Ghost partner card, whose cooler and dimensions differ from the Founders Edition. NVIDIA announced worldwide partner availability of the GDDR6X revision from November 2022.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	7 nm	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	72 Ray Accelerators; DirectX Raytracing support	Second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	–	Third-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR); AMD Radeon Super Resolution	NVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	2015 MHz game frequency; up to 2250 MHz boost, which AMD defines for bursty workloads rather than sustained gaming	1.41 GHz; NVIDIA rounds boost to 1.67 GHz. Gainward's original Ghost and PNY's GDDR6X VERTO both specify 1,665 MHz boost.
Cache
Cache	128 MB AMD Infinity Cache	–
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	16 GB GDDR6 (better)	8 GB GDDR6 or 8 GB GDDR6X
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	448 GB/s or 608 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	Up to 16 Gbps GDDR6; 512 GB/s physical memory bandwidth	Original GDDR6 is 14 Gbps and 448 GB/s (Gainward Ghost); later GDDR6X is 19 Gbps and 608 GB/s (PNY stock-clock VERTO). Both have 8 GB on a 256-bit bus.
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	300 W	200 W or –
Interface
Interface	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	DisplayPort 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 with VRR and FRL, and USB-C (AMD reference)	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	–	7680 × 4320; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR or 8K 60 Hz HDR
Power connector
Power connector	2 × PCIe 8-pin	1 × PCIe 8-pin cable through the included adapter to 1 × 12-pin (original GDDR6 Founders Edition); check the maker for GDDR6X partner cards
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	750 W	600 W for the original Founders Edition. NVIDIA's current table lists 200 W card power without separating memory revisions; PNY publishes 225 W and a 650 W system recommendation for its GDDR6X VERTO. Its board power is not treated as a verified universal GDDR6X reference figure.
Slot width
Slot width	2.5-slot (AMD reference)	2-slot (original GDDR6 Founders Edition); GDDR6X partner cards vary
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	267 mm long (AMD reference); no reference width or height verified	242 × 112 mm, 2-slot (original GDDR6 Founders Edition); no separate GDDR6X reference geometry verified
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	Hardware AV1 decoding; H.264 and H.265/HEVC encode and decode	Seventh-generation NVENC, fifth-generation NVDEC; hardware AV1 decode, no AV1 encode