Graphics cards compared

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

  • The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT launched $50 lower ($649 vs $699).
  • The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has more video memory (16 GB vs 10 GB).
  • The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT draws less power (300 W vs 320 W board power).
AMD

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

PCIe 4.0 x16 · 16 GB GDDR6

Launched at $649

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NVIDIA

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PCIe 4.0 x16 · 10 GB GDDR6X

Launched at $699

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Specs side by side

4 of 5 differ, marked. Speed isn't compared here: we only list specs we can source.

SpecAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
PCIe linkPCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Video memory16 GB GDDR610 GB GDDR6X
Board power300 W320 W
SeriesRadeon RX 6000 seriesGeForce RTX 30 series
LaunchedNov 18, 2020September 17, 2020

Sources

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

  1. Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units · CC BY-SA 4.0

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

  1. Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units · CC BY-SA 4.0

Specs last checked Oct 19, 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.