Radeon RX 6600 vs GeForce RTX 3080

Radeon RX 6600
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Oct 2021
Radeon RX 6600
GeForce RTX 3080
Memory: 10240Mb GDDR6XDESKTOP
Release date: 1 Sep 2020
GeForce RTX 3080

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6600
    100%
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    213%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6600

188 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3080 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3080

113% higher gaming performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

GeForce RTX 3080

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3080

The GeForce RTX 3080 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (17 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6600GeForce RTX 3080
GPU NameNavi 23 (Navi 23 XL (215-130000016))vsGA102 (GA102-200-K1-A1)
Fab Process7 nmvs8 nm
Die Size237 mm²vs628 mm²
Transistors11,060 millionvs28,000 million
Shaders1792vs8704
Raytracing Cores28vsnone
Compute Units28vs68
Core clock1626 MHzvs1440 MHz
ROPs64vs96
TMUs112vs272

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6600GeForce RTX 3080
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6X
Bus Width128 bitvs320 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs10240 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6600GeForce RTX 3080
TDP132 wattsvs320 watts
Release Date13 Oct 2021vs1 Sep 2020

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600
    159.40 GP/s
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    164.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6600
    279.00 GT/s
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    465.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6600
    224.00 GB/s
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    760.30 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6600
    8928.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    29770.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    69
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    115

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    147
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    287

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    51
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    108

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    148
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    248

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    105
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    208

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 6600
    107
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    256

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    50
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    100

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    108
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    194

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    49
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    96

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    96
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    202

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    68
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    159

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 6600
    70
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    181

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    27
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    60

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    60
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    123

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    31
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    73

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6600
    48
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    116

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6600
    33
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    87

FPS (higher is better)