Despite the fact that AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 series has already been released, AMD’s Radeon RX 6800 remains one of the top graphics cards on the retail market. Sasa Marinkovic, AMD’s senior director of game marketing, wants to make sure buyers don’t forget this by posting a chart demonstrating the Radeon RX 6800’s superiority over the GeForce RTX 3070.
The Radeon RX 6800 and GeForce RTX 3070 are both last-generation models from late 2020. Back then, comparing the two cards made little sense because their MSRPs placed them in distinct tiers.
The Radeon RX 6800 was released with a $579 MSRP, whereas the GeForce RTX 3070 was released with a $499 MSRP. Of course, neither graphics card was available at their respective MSRPs between 2020 and 2022.
Since the conclusion of Ethereum mining, things have finally calmed down. The lowest Radeon RX 6800 is now $479, while the GeForce RTX 3070 is now $456, making them direct competitors.
While Nvidia has announced the GeForce RTX 4070 to replace the GeForce RTX 3070, AMD has yet to release a replacement to the Radeon RX 6800.
The GeForce RTX 4070 is likewise priced at $599, which is 20% higher than the MSRP of its predecessor while providing GeForce RTX 3080-level performance with lower power needs. That means testing the GeForce RTX 4070 against the Radeon RX 6800 is somewhat pointless, especially since the RTX 4060 Ti is expected to come before the end of the month.
In Marinkovic’s assessment of 32 games, the Radeon RX 6800 performed 13.4% faster than the GeForce RTX 3070 on average. The performance delta ranges from -2% to +31%. Only in Metro Exodus, Grand Theft Auto V, and Dota 2 did the GeForce RTX 3070 outperform the Radeon RX 6800, and the difference was essentially a tie.
The tweeted image also emphasises how the Radeon RX 6800 has twice as much onboard memory as the GeForce RTX 3070, a selling point that AMD has made a point of emphasising.
AMD put the two graphics cards through their paces at a native 1440p (2560×1440) resolution. However, the chipmaker did not specify which graphical settings it utilised for the tests, which is critical information. Nonetheless, AMD’s assertions typically match our own findings, so there doesn’t appear to be any shady behaviour going on.
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