GeForce RTX 3070 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Prices and Stock
MSRP $499

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G (REV2.0) Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, LHR, 8GB 256-bit GDDR6, GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD Video Card

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Dark Platinum and Black

ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Noctua OC Edition Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM Fans, Tailor-Made heatsink, Auto-Extreme Technology, GPU Tweak II)

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8GB V2 LHR Graphics Card

Prices and Stock
MSRP $649

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference Edition Gaming Graphics Card

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP 2285 MHz RDNA 2 Architecture OC Graphics Card (RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio 16G)

ASUS ROG Strix LC AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Full-Coverage Cold Plate, 240mm Radiator, 600mm tubing, GPU Tweak II)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio 16G Gaming Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR6, 2285 MHz, PCI Express 4, 256-bit, 3X DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 6800 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 3070 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon RX 6800 XT is 57 days newer than GeForce RTX 3070.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3070

Consumes up to 27% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - 220 vs 300 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6800 XT

Performs up to 17% better in Dirt 5 than GeForce RTX 3070 - 204 vs 175 FPS
Up to 33% better value when playing Dirt 5 than GeForce RTX 3070 - $2.30 vs $3.42 per FPS
Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - 16 vs 8 GB

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Dirt 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

FPS

175

86%

Value, $/FPS

$3.42/FPS

67%

Price, $

$599

78%

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G (REV2.0) Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, LHR, 8GB 256-bit GDDR6, GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD Video Card

Buy for $599 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 344 minutes ago

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

FPS

204

100%

Value, $/FPS

$2.3/FPS

100%

Price, $

$469.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference Edition Gaming Graphics Card

Buy for $469.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 345 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

1920 x 1080

Ultra

136

FPS

153

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

High

794

FPS

878

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Very High

395

FPS

399

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

176

FPS

197

FPS

Escape From Tarkov

1920 x 1080

Very High

452

FPS

495

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Theoretical Performance

GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

165.6 GPixel/s

57%

Texel Fillrate

317.4 GTexel/s

49%

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

288 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

648 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce RTX 3070	vs	Radeon RX 6800 XT
Sep 1st, 2020	Release Date	Oct 28th, 2020
GeForce 30	Generation	Navi II
$499	MSRP	$649
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
1x 12-pin	Power Connectors	2x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
8 GB	Memory	16 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	256-bit
448 GB/s	Bandwidth	512 GB/s
1500 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1825 MHz
1725 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2250 MHz
1750 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz