MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC vs PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC and PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
• GPU Chip
  GA102-200-K1-A1 Navi 21
• Execution units
  68 80
• Shader
  8704 5120
• Render Output Units
  96 128
• Texture Units
  272 320

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  10 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6X GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  1.188 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  760 GB/s 512 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  320 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC and PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.440 GHz 1.825 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.740 GHz+ 2 % 2.340 GHz+ 4 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.105 GHz+ 4 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  320 W 300 W
• TDP (up)
  370 W 345 W
• Tjunction max
  93 °C --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 3 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC and PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm 2 x 100 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- 1 x 90 mm
• Noise (Load)
  37-44 dB 34 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_2
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes No
• LED
  No LED lighting Addressable LED

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  305 mm 320 mm
• Height
  120 mm 135 mm
• Width
  57 mm 62 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  1370 g --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q4/2020
• Release price
  789 $ 1,099 $
• Structure size
  8 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  -- AXRX 6900XT 16GBD6-3DHE/OC
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet