Background

Background

Background

Background

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs Radeon RX 6500 XT: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit

Search on Amazon

N/A Stock

vs

Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6 Memory

Buy for $169.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 116 minutes ago

FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit

Search on Amazon

N/A Stock

vs

Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6 Memory

Buy for $169.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 116 minutes ago

Prices and Stock
MSRP $799

All items are out of stock

Prices and Stock
MSRP $199

PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6 Memory

MSI Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 64-bit 4GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI PCIe 4 Torx Twin Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready OC Graphics Card (RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC)

ME2 MichaelElectronics2 ASRock Phantom Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 4GB GDDR6 Graphic Card, 1 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI, 4GB GDDR6, AMD FidelityFX Technology, RDNA 2 Architecture, RX6500XT PGD 4GO

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Graphics Card GDDR6 1080 FHD 4GB PCIE HDMI Video Card

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB outperforms Radeon RX 6500 XT on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is 8 days older than Radeon RX 6500 XT.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Performs up to 59% better in Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition than Radeon RX 6500 XT - 200 vs 126 FPS
Up to 200% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 12 vs 4 GB

Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT

Consumes up to 69% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB - 107 vs 350 Watts

Calculator background

This is a free version of Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Desktop • Jan 11th, 2022

FPS

200

100%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

FPS Winner

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

FPS

126

63%

Value, $/FPS

$1.35/FPS

100%

Price, $

$169.99

100%

Value Winner

PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6 Memory

Buy for $169.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 116 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Desktop • Jan 11th, 2022

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

151

FPS

99

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

399

FPS

388

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

194

FPS

136

FPS

Escape From Tarkov

Escape From Tarkov

869

FPS

624

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

222

FPS

161

FPS

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

Theoretical Performance

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Desktop • Jan 11th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

164.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

478.8 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

55%

Texel Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

38%

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	vs	Radeon RX 6500 XT
Jan 11th, 2022	Release Date	Jan 19th, 2022
GeForce 30	Generation	Navi II
$799	MSRP	$199
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 12-pin	Power Connectors	1x 6-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
12 GB	Memory	4 GB
GDDR6X	Type	GDDR6
384-bit	Bus	64-bit
912.4 GB/s	Bandwidth	143.9 GB/s
1260 MHz	Base Clock Speed	2310 MHz
1710 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2815 MHz
1188 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2248 MHz

PCs Using GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB or Radeon RX 6500 XT

With selected game settings

iBUYPOWER Pro Gaming PC Image

iBUYPOWER Pro Gaming PC

68 FPS

$19.09/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Core i5-11400F

8 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

$1,298

In Stock

iBUYPOWER Pro Gaming PC Image

iBUYPOWER Pro Gaming PC

47 FPS

$29.02/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Core i3-10105F

8 GB, 480 GB SSD

Buy on Amazon

$1,364

In Stock

iBUYPOWER Pro Gaming PC Image

iBUYPOWER Pro Gaming PC

53 FPS

$16.04/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 3 3100

8 GB, 480 GB SSD

Buy on Amazon

$849.99

In Stock

CLX Set Gaming PC Image

CLX Set Gaming PC

80 FPS

$11.25/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 5 5600

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

$899.99

In Stock

HELLOLAND Gaming PC Image

HELLOLAND Gaming PC

82 FPS

$10.61/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 5 5600X

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

$869.99

In Stock

HOENGAGER Gaming PC Image

HOENGAGER Gaming PC

100 FPS

$9.9/FPS

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Ryzen 7 5700X3D

32 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

$989.99

In Stock

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and Radeon RX 6500 XT Popular Comparisons

Compare 2 Graphics Cards in Games

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

$839.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3060

$294.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Radeon RX 7600 XT

$314.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 4060

$309.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3050

$169.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Radeon RX 7800 XT

$519.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Radeon RX 7900 XT

$659.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$199.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$129.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Radeon RX 7700 XT

$404.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$83.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

$929.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$259.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 4070

$646.06

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

$1,709.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$150.55

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Radeon RX 6600 XT

$259.9

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce GT 1030

$64.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$74.98

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Radeon RX 6750 XT

$341.87

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 2060

$199.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 4090

$2,869.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

$655.49

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$54.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Radeon RX 6700 XT

$504.5

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 4080

$1,499

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

$489

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

$611.24

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

$689

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3080

$488.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$369.99

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

$214

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

$839.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

GeForce RTX 3060

$294.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

Radeon RX 7600 XT

$314.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

GeForce RTX 4060

$309.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

GeForce RTX 3050

$169.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

Radeon RX 7800 XT

$519.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

Radeon RX 7900 XT

$659.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

$199.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

$129.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

Radeon RX 7700 XT

$404.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

$83.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

$929.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

$259.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

GeForce RTX 4070

$646.06

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

$1,709.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

$150.55

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

Radeon RX 6600 XT

$259.9

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

GeForce GT 1030

$64.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

$74.98

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

Radeon RX 6750 XT

$341.87

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

GeForce RTX 2060

$199.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

GeForce RTX 4090

$2,869.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

$655.49

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

$54.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

Radeon RX 6700 XT

$504.5

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

GeForce RTX 4080

$1,499

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

$489

Radeon RX 6500 XT

$169.99

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

$611.24