NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs AMD Radeon VII

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Combined performance score

Radeon VII
43.07

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms Radeon VII by 63% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking7516
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money65.9314.90
ArchitectureVega (2017−2021)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameVega 20Ampere GA102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 February 2019 (5 years old)24 September 2020 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $1,199
Current price$160 (0.2x MSRP)$1135 (0.9x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Radeon VII has 342% better value for money than RTX 3080 Ti.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384010240
Core clock speed1400 MHz1370 MHz
Boost clock speed1750 MHz1667 MHz
Number of transistors13,230 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)295 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rate420.0532.8

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length305 mm285 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 12-pin

Memory

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 typeHBM2GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount16 GB12 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz19000 MHz
Memory bandwidth1024 GB/s912.4 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDAno data8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Radeon VII 43.07
RTX 3080 Ti 70.29
+63.2%

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms Radeon VII by 63% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Radeon VII 16690
RTX 3080 Ti 27241
+63.2%

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms Radeon VII by 63% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Radeon VII 62128
RTX 3080 Ti 120236
+93.5%

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms Radeon VII by 94% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Radeon VII 37881
RTX 3080 Ti 60980
+61%

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms Radeon VII by 61% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Radeon VII 27449
RTX 3080 Ti 47113
+71.6%

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms Radeon VII by 72% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Radeon VII 146094
RTX 3080 Ti 218185
+49.3%

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms Radeon VII by 49% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

Radeon VII 430170
RTX 3080 Ti 785365
+82.6%

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms Radeon VII by 83% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

Radeon VII 110
RTX 3080 Ti 297
+170%

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms Radeon VII by 170% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

Radeon VII 87
RTX 3080 Ti 105
+20.3%

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms Radeon VII by 20% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

Radeon VII 19
+13.3%
RTX 3080 Ti 17

Radeon VII outperforms GeForce RTX 3080 Ti by 13% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

Radeon VII 170
RTX 3080 Ti 171
+0.5%

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms Radeon VII by 1% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

Radeon VII 62
RTX 3080 Ti 95
+53%

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms Radeon VII by 53% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

Radeon VII 52
RTX 3080 Ti 142
+176%

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms Radeon VII by 176% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

Radeon VII 17
RTX 3080 Ti 28
+62.7%

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms Radeon VII by 63% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Radeon VII 175
RTX 3080 Ti 372
+113%

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms Radeon VII by 113% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD121
−76.9%
214
+76.9%
1440p76
−89.5%
144
+89.5%
4K57
−68.4%
96
+68.4%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
−184%
219
+184%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 76
−40.8%
100−110
+40.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 99
−25.3%
120−130
+25.3%
Battlefield 5 136
−16.9%
150−160
+16.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 148
−17.6%
170−180
+17.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
−139%
184
+139%
Far Cry 5 99
−110%
208
+110%
Far Cry New Dawn 95
−83.2%
174
+83.2%
Forza Horizon 4 163
−20.9%
190−200
+20.9%
Hitman 3 130−140
−50.7%
200−210
+50.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 121
−27.3%
150−160
+27.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 126
+7.7%
110−120
−7.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120
−106%
247
+106%
Watch Dogs: Legion 113
−3.5%
110−120
+3.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70
−52.9%
100−110
+52.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 82
−51.2%
120−130
+51.2%
Battlefield 5 137
−16.1%
150−160
+16.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 127
−37%
170−180
+37%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
−108%
160
+108%
Far Cry 5 95
−108%
198
+108%
Far Cry New Dawn 92
−81.5%
167
+81.5%
Forza Horizon 4 157
−25.5%
190−200
+25.5%
Hitman 3 130−140
+3%
134
−3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 96
−60.4%
150−160
+60.4%
Metro Exodus 88
−95.5%
172
+95.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 70
+25%
56
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 113
−100%
226
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 139
−168%
372
+168%
Watch Dogs: Legion 99
−18.2%
110−120
+18.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 63
−69.8%
100−110
+69.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 72
−38.9%
100
+38.9%
Battlefield 5 127
−54.3%
196
+54.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
−89.6%
146
+89.6%
Far Cry 5 91
−104%
186
+104%
Far Cry New Dawn 83
−75.9%
146
+75.9%
Forza Horizon 4 130
−51.5%
190−200
+51.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75
−141%
181
+141%
Watch Dogs: Legion 63
−54%
97
+54%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 91
−40.7%
120−130
+40.7%
Hitman 3 80−85
−156%
210
+156%
Horizon Zero Dawn 72
−63.9%
110−120
+63.9%
Metro Exodus 56
−104%
114
+104%
Red Dead Redemption 2 46
−102%
93
+102%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
−145%
164
+145%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
−66%
75−80
+66%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 57
−50.9%
86
+50.9%
Battlefield 5 85−90
−118%
192
+118%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
−175%
99
+175%
Far Cry 5 80−85
−120%
176
+120%
Far Cry New Dawn 83
−69.9%
141
+69.9%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−80.4%
160−170
+80.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
−100%
130−140
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 48
−85.4%
89
+85.4%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 52
−51.9%
75−80
+51.9%
Hitman 3 40−45
−173%
120
+173%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21
−271%
75−80
+271%
Metro Exodus 37
−105%
76
+105%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30
−110%
63
+110%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 44
−114%
94
+114%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 54
−181%
152
+181%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 44
−27.3%
55−60
+27.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35
−74.3%
61
+74.3%
Battlefield 5 73
−86.3%
136
+86.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−213%
50
+213%
Far Cry 5 59
−84.7%
109
+84.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 61
−77%
108
+77%
Forza Horizon 4 77
−55.8%
120−130
+55.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 29
−103%
59
+103%

This is how Radeon VII and RTX 3080 Ti compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • RTX 3080 Ti is 76.9% faster than Radeon VII

1440p resolution:

  • RTX 3080 Ti is 89.5% faster than Radeon VII

4K resolution:

  • RTX 3080 Ti is 68.4% faster than Radeon VII

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Radeon VII is 25% faster than the RTX 3080 Ti.
  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3080 Ti is 271% faster than the Radeon VII.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon VII is ahead in 3 tests (4%)
  • RTX 3080 Ti is ahead in 65 tests (96%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 43.07 70.29
Recency 7 February 2019 24 September 2020
Cost $699 $1199
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 295 Watt 350 Watt

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon VII in performance tests.


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