MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
            MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio
            
                $999
            
        
    
            NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
            
                $999
            
        
    | 5120 Shaders 16GB GDDR6 2425MHz | 8960 Shaders 12GB GDDR6X 1710MHz | 
| Peak AI Performance 49.66 TFLOPS FP16 | Peak AI Performance 980.58 TOPS INT4 Tensor Sparse | 
| FP32 24.83 TFLOPS | FP32 30.64 TFLOPS | 
| FP16 49.66 TFLOPS | FP16 30.64 TFLOPS | 
| Form Factor PCIe Card 2.7-Slots | Form Factor PCIe Card 2.0-Slots | 
| TDP 360W | TDP 350W | 
| Power Connectors - 3x 8-Pin - - | Power Connectors - - 1x 12-Pin - | 
| GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB6 Metal N/A 0% | GB6 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| GB5 OpenCL 177,955 58% | GB5 OpenCL 186,590 61% | 
| GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | GB5 CUDA 207,975 59% | 
| GB5 Metal 175,190 97% | GB5 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Vulkan 122,910 60% | GB5 Vulkan 125,525 61% | 
| OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | OCT 2020.1 595 78% | 
| OCT Metal 420 71% | OCT Metal N/A 0% | 
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                                            49.66 TFLOPS
                                         
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                                            980.58 TOPS
                                         
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                                            49.66 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            30.64 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            122.57 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                            245.15 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                            61.29 TFLOPS
                                            
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                                            122.57 TFLOPS
                                            
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                                            24.83 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            1.55 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            480 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            30.64 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            61.29 TFLOPS
                                            
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                                            122.57 TFLOPS
                                            
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                                            30.64 TFLOPS
                                            
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                                            61.29 TFLOPS
                                            
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                                            INT4
                                         
                                            490.29 TOPS
                                            
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                                            980.58 TOPS
                                            
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                                            245.15 TOPS
                                            
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                                            490.29 TOPS
                                            
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                                            15.32 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
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                                            Ray Tracing
                                         
                                            46.2 TOPS
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| Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                            310.4 GPixel/s
                                         | Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                            191.52 GPixel/s
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| Texture
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                                            776 GTexel/s
                                         | Texture
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                                            478.8 GTexel/s
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| ManufacturerMSI | ManufacturerNVIDIA | 
| Chip DesignerAMD | Chip DesignerNVIDIA | 
| ArchitectureRDNA 2 | ArchitectureAmpere | 
| FamilyRadeon RX 6000 | FamilyGeForce 30 | 
| Codename Sienna Cichlid Navi 21 Variant Navi 21 XTX | Codename NV172 GA102 Variant GA102-220-A1 | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 12/8/2020 | Release Date 1/27/2022 | 
| Foundry TSMC - | Foundry Samsung - | 
| Fabrication Node N7 - | Fabrication Node 8N - | 
| Die Size 520 mm² - | Die Size 628 mm² - | 
| Transistor Count 26.8 Billion - | Transistor Count 28.3 Billion - | 
| Transistor Density 51.56M/mm² - | Transistor Density 45.04M/mm² - | 
| Form PCIe Card | Form PCIe Card | 
| Shading Units 5120 Shaders - | Shading Units 8960 Shaders - | 
| Texture Mapping Units 320 TMUs | Texture Mapping Units 280 TMUs | 
| Render Output Units 128 ROPs | Render Output Units 112 ROPs | 
| - - | Tensor Cores 280 T-Cores | 
| Ray-Tracing Cores 80 RT-Cores | Ray-Tracing Cores 70 RT-Cores | 
| - - | Streaming Multiprocessors 70 SMs | 
| Compute Units 80 CUs | - - | 
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| Graphics Processing Clusters 4 GPCs | Graphics Processing Clusters 7 GPCs | 
| - - 1825MHz Base 2425MHz | - - 1260MHz Base 1710MHz | 
| L0 32KB/WGP | - - | 
| L1 - - - 128KB/Array | L1 64KB/SM Tex 128KB/SM - - | 
| L2 4MB Shared | L2 5MB Shared | 
| L3 128MB Shared 1.66TB/s | - - - | 
| 16GB GDDR6 - | 12GB GDDR6X - | 
| Bus Width 256Bit | Bus Width 384Bit | 
| Clock 2000MHz Transfer Rate 16GT/s Bandwidth 512GB/s | Clock 1188MHz Transfer Rate 19GT/s Bandwidth 912GB/s | 
| - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - | 
| TDP 360W | TDP 350W | 
| Temp 110°C Max | Temp 93°C Max | 
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3x DisplayPort 1.4 - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 2.1 - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3x DisplayPort 1.4 - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 2.1 - - | 
| 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 - | 
| 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 - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - - - - | Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - - - - | 
| Model VCN 3.0 | Model NVDEC 5 | 
| Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 JPEG VC-1 - VP9 - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - AV1 - - | Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 - VC-1 VP8 VP9 - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - AV1 - - | 
| 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 - - GFX 10.3 - - - - | Shader Model 6.6 CUDA 8.6 - - PureVideo HD VP11 VDPAU Feature Set K | 
| - - - 3x Fans | - - - 2x Fans | 
| Power Connectors - - - 3x 8-Pin - - - | Power Connectors - - - - - 1x 12-Pin - | 
| Slots Required 2.7 PCIe Version 4.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | Slots Required 2.0 PCIe Version 4.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | 
| Multi GPU Support Supported Type Bridgeless | - - - - | 
| Height 141 mm (5.55 in) Width 324 mm (12.76 in) Depth 55 mm (2.17 in) | Height 112 mm (4.41 in) Width 285 mm (11.22 in) Depth 40 mm (1.57 in) | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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