GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs 6800 XT

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated19
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data22.66
Power efficiencyno data14.49
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV42GA102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date30 September 2005 (19 years ago)31 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data10240
Core clock speed450 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1665 MHz
Number of transistors202 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data350 Watt
Texture fill rate5.400532.8
Floating-point processing powerno data34.1 TFLOPS
ROPs8112
TMUs12320
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data80

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data285 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molex1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount256 MB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s912.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.6
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

6800 XT 123
RTX 3080 Ti 27123
+21951%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2005 31 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 8 nm

RTX 3080 Ti has an age advantage of 15 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1275% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6800 XT and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. We've got no test results to judge.


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