AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT $1,099
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X $1,199
5120 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2324MHz
10240 Shaders
12GB GDDR6X
1695MHz
FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
FP32
34.71 TFLOPS
FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
FP16
34.71 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.5-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.8-Slots
TDP
335W
TDP
350W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 170,545
56%
GB5 OpenCL 207,045
68%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 167,895
93%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 117,795
57%
GB5 Vulkan 139,285
68%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 660
87%
OCT Metal 345
59%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
MSI
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
Ampere
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
GeForce 30
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 KXTX
Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-225-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
5/10/2022
Release Date
6/3/2021
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Die Size
628 mm²
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
5120 Shaders
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Shading Units
10240 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
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Tensor Cores
320 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
80 SMs
Compute Units
80 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
7 GPCs
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1925MHz Base
2324MHz
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1395MHz Base
1695MHz
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FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
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FP16
34.71 TFLOPS
138.85 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
FP32
34.71 TFLOPS
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TF32
69.43 TFLOPS
FP64
1.49 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.54 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
67.8 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
297.472 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
189.84 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
743.68 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
542.4 GTexel/s
L0
32KB/WGP
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L1
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128KB/Array
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
4MB Shared
L2
6MB Shared
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
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16GB
GDDR6
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12GB
GDDR6X
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
576GB/s
Clock
1188MHz
Transfer Rate
19GT/s
Bandwidth
912GB/s
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TDP
335W
TDP
350W
Temp
110°C Max
Temp
93°C Max
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2x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
1x USB-C + DP
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
VCN 3.0
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 3.0
Model
NVDEC 5
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.3
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Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
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3x Fans
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3x Fans
Power Connectors
-
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.5
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.8
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
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Height
120 mm (4.72 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
50 mm (1.97 in)
Height
120 mm (4.72 in)
Width
305 mm (12.01 in)
Depth
57 mm (2.24 in)
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