PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon $550
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB $329
3840 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2170MHz
3584 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1777MHz
Peak Performance
33.33 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak Performance
407.6 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
16.67 TFLOPS
FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP16
33.33 TFLOPS
FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.7-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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TDP
250W
TDP
170W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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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 131,670
43%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 136,110
76%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 97,920
48%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal 320
54%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
PowerColor
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
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 XL
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-302
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
11/18/2020
Release Date
10/27/2022
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
276 mm²
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3840 Shaders
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Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
240 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
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Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
60 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
28 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
28 SMs
Compute Units
60 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1850MHz Base
2170MHz
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1320MHz Base
1777MHz
Peak Performance
33.33 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak Performance
407.6 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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FP16
33.33 TFLOPS
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FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
101.9 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
16.67 TFLOPS
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FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.04 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.2 TFLOPS
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BF16
12.74 TFLOPS
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
12.74 TFLOPS Tensor
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
203.8 TOPS Tensor
407.6 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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101.9 TOPS Tensor
203.8 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
6.37 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
24.9 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
208.32 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
85.296 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
520.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
199.024 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
2MB Shared
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
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16GB
GDDR6
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8GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
512GB/s
Clock
1875MHz
Transfer Rate
15GT/s
Bandwidth
240GB/s
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TDP
250W
TDP
170W
Temp
110°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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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
3
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
Not a Card
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2x Fans
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Slots Required
2.7
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
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Height
135 mm (5.31 in)
Width
310 mm (12.2 in)
Depth
54 mm (2.13 in)
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