Spec for spec, this RTX 3090 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the RTX 2080 Ti, by boasting 52.7 % more fps. The RTX 3090 has 24 GB RAM compared to the RTX 2080 Ti 's 11 GB video memory.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RTX 3090 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the RTX 2080 Ti and it really justifies an upgrade. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, RX 6900 XT, the RTX 3090 was -1.4 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Microsoft Flight Simulator, Immortals of Aveum, The Callisto Protocol, Remnant II, The Last of Us Part I at 70 fps to 92 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 80 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Microsoft Flight Simulator, The Last of Us Part I, Forspoken, Atomic Heart, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor at 62 fps to 83 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 73 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Borderlands 3, Elden Ring, Halo Infinite, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, A Plague Tale: Requiem at 61 fps to 64 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 63 fps.
AMD ’s xx00 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the RDNA 2.0 graphics card inside the RX 6700 XT, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend. The RX 6700 XT is much more expensive than the RX 5700 as it costs a whopping $ 479. Compare this to the RX 5700, AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, which came originally at a price of $ 349, $ 399. Meanwhile, the NVIDIA closest equivalent card is the RTX 3070 which costs $ 499.
Spec for spec, this RX 6700 XT leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the RX 5700, by boasting 44.8 % more fps. The RX 6700 XT has 12 GB RAM compared to the RX 5700 's 8 GB video memory.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RX 6700 XT consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the RX 5700, AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and it really justifies an upgrade. Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, RTX 3070, the RX 6700 XT was -8.7 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Forspoken, Halo Infinite, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Atomic Heart, Assassin's Creed Valhalla at 69 fps to 74 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 71 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Red Dead Redemption 2, Halo Infinite, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, A Plague Tale: Requiem, F1 22 at 62 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play God of War, Forza Horizon 5, Hitman 2, Far Cry New Dawn, Resident Evil 2 at 61 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 63 fps.
| RTX 3090 | RX 6700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 313 mm 12.3 inches | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort 1x USB Type-C | 1x HDMI 2x DisplayPort 1x USB Type-C |
| Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Slot Width | Triple-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 350 W | 230 W |
| RTX 3090 | RX 6700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1695 MHz | 2424 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1410 MHz | 2321 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 2437 MHz 19496 MHz effective | 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective |
| RTX 3090 | RX 6700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 30 | Navi II |
| Launch Price | 1,499 USD | 479 USD |
| Production | Active | Active |
| Release Date | Sep 24th, 2020 | Mar 18th, 2021 |
| RTX 3090 | RX 6700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.140 | 1.2 |
| RTX 3090 | RX 6700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | RDNA 2.0 |
| Die Size | 627 mm² | 335 mm² |
| GPU Name | GA102 | Navi 22 |
| GPU Variant | GA102-300-A1 | Navi 22 XT |
| Process Size | 8 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistors | 28,000 million | unknown |
| RTX 3090 | RX 6700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 935.8 GB/s | 384.0 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 384 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory Size | 24560 MB | 12288 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| RTX 3090 | RX 6700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 96 | 64 |
| Shading Units | 10496 | 2560 |
| TMUs | 328 | 192 |
| RTX 3090 | RX 6700 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 71.16 TFLOPS (2:1) | 26.43 TFLOPS (2:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 35.58 TFLOPS | 13.21 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 1,112 GFLOPS (1:32) | 825.9 GFLOPS (1:16) |
| Pixel Rate | 162.7 GPixel/s | 165.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 556.0 GTexel/s | 495.6 GTexel/s |
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