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AMD ASUS TUF Gaming OC Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB: Comparison
AMD ASUS TUF Gaming OC Radeon RX 6800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB separate most on boost clock: AMD ASUS TUF Gaming OC Radeon RX 6800 XT at 2295 MHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB at 1710 MHz, 25% in favour of AMD ASUS TUF Gaming OC Radeon RX 6800 XT. VRAM splits them by another 25%, again favouring AMD ASUS TUF Gaming OC Radeon RX 6800 XT. They match on tier, ray tracing support and slot width. In Blender Cycles (GPU) the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB scores 4,529 against 2,406 for the AMD ASUS TUF Gaming OC Radeon RX 6800 XT, a lead of 47%.
Specs
| Specification |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Series | Radeon RX 6000 | GeForce RTX 30 |
| Board Partner | ASUS | NVIDIA Founders Edition, ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, Zotac, EVGA (legacy) |
| VRAM | 16 GB | 12 GB-25% |
| Tier | High-End | High-End |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| Boost Clock | 2295 MHz | 1710 MHz-25% |
| Ray Tracing Support | true | true |
| TDP | 300 W | 350 W-17% |
| Architecture | RDNA 2 (Navi 21) | Ampere |
| Card Length | 320 mm-2% | 313 mm |
| Slot Width | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| MSRP | 649 | 999 |
Benchmarks
Measured results, not specifications. Percentages are the gap to the leading product in each test.
Blender Cycles (GPU)
Blender 4.5, Blender Open Data (CC0). Median of monster + junkshop + classroom, combined samples/min.
Blender renders 3D scenes by tracing light through them, which loads every shader unit on the card at once. The score measures sustained render throughput, so it tells you what a card does in Cycles and similar renderers rather than what it does in a game. Figures come from Blender's Open Data project, which places no restriction on reuse, and we publish the median of every submission for that card on the same Blender version.
Verdict
AMD ASUS TUF Gaming OC Radeon RX 6800 XT
8 / 10 Expert Rating
A solid high-end pick if its price and 16GB VRAM allocation match your target resolution.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
8.2 / 10 Expert Rating
A genuinely better RTX 3080 - the extra VRAM and bandwidth make it the version to look for on the secondhand market over the original 10GB card.
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