
AMD is also mostly at feature parity with Nvidia now, with both companies supporting ray tracing. That's something AMD hasn't managed since the Vega 64 launch (where it came in third). If the $329 official launch price were anywhere to be found, it would be a great deal, but it's not.ĪMD's Navi 21 GPUs, aka Big Navi, finally break into the top three overall, even including Titan cards. Only the RTX 3060 12GB seems a bit lackluster, with performance basically at the level of the old RTX 2070 (non-Super) that launched 2.5 years ago. The RTX 3060 Ti meanwhile leads the old 2080 Super in performance and potentially costs 42% less. The Radeon RX 6800, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, and GeForce RTX 3070 match or beat the outgoing RTX 2080 Ti with a theoretical starting price of just $580, $600, or $500, respectively. The new GPUs make all of AMD's and Nvidia's previous generation GPUs look a bit weak. This is why we continue to rank the RTX 3080 as the best overall graphics card, though that's contingent on actually finding one for a price at least somewhat close to the $700 MSRP (anything under $1,000 would be worth a shot these days). Add those in and the 3080 easily beats even the 6900 XT. The 6800 XT is also technically faster (barely, by a basically meaningless amount) than the RTX 3080 by our ranking formula, though as mentioned above, ray tracing and DLSS very much change the picture. It's basically at the old Titan price of $1,200, but at that point why not just spend the extra $300 for the 3090? Similarly, the 6900 XT is a minor bump in performance for a relatively large bump in price compared to the 6800 XT, and we'd generally recommend sticking with the latter. The RTX 3080 Ti lands in an odd spot, with only slightly lower pricing and performance than the 3090. Not too far behind the 3090 are the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, Radeon RX 6900 XT, Radeon RX 6800 XT, and GeForce RTX 3080, theoretically priced at $1,200, $1,000, $650 and $700, respectively (good luck finding any of those in stock for anything close to official launch prices). So much for "less than Titan" affordability. It's nominally a $1,500 graphics card, which is out of reach of most gamers, but current shortages have rocketed pricing up to the $2,500 range. That's the 100% mark, though it's worth noting that it also scored 98.7 fps at 4K ultra. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 takes top honors for raw performance, with a composite score of 152.7 fps across all 54 tests. (Image credit: Tom's Hardware) GPU Benchmarks: Which Cards Ranked Highest?
