The launch AMDs RDNA2-powered RX 6000 cards performed slightly less than Nvidias RTX 30-series range. The RX 6900 XT was about 10% slower than its rival RTX 3090, while the RX 6800 XT was about 6% slower that the competing RTX 3080. The tables have changed through various optimizations. Some testing data shows that AMDs cards run up to 9 percent faster depending on their resolution and card.3DCenter has analysed the performance gains AMD achieved in the last few months. It compared benchmarks from different outlets to determine that the RTX 3080 performed 3.5% better at Full HD and 1400p. Data from June 2021 shows that AMD has won the performance battle, with the RX6800 XT performing 5% higher at Full HD and 3.1% at 1440p.Graphic cards are able to achieve performance increases naturally. Driver optimizations enable extra performance and the latest benchmarking rigs help produce better results. 3D Center notes that AMD is not the only one benefiting from these factors. Between December 2020 and June 2021 both AMD and Nvidia experienced performance gains, with AMD seeing more improvement.Smart Access Memory (SAM), plays an important role. This feature allows Ryzen 5500 and Ryzen 3000 processors access to all video memory on RX6000 cards. Resizable bar is a similar feature by Nvidia. Both feature achieve the same goal. However, benchmarks show a 7% improvement in SAM and only 1 % with Resizable Bar.This is the 3DCenter gap. The power of SAM is beginning to shine when combined with driver optimizations, better test benches and other improvements. Although it is not a significant improvement, AMD can still claim the performance crown at specific resolutions.However, there are some caveats to 3DCenters analysis. The benchmarks only consider rasterized performance. This means that data does not include ray-tracing results. RX 6000 cards performed worse than RTX3000 cards in ray tracing benchmarks because Nvidia offers DLSS (an essential upscaling technology for ray tracing). AMD has released FidelityFXSuper Resolution, a competitor to DLSS. However, it is too early to draw firm comparisons between these two brands.There is also contention over resolution. While AMDs cards have shown performance improvements across the board, this is more evident at Full HD and 1440p. AMDs cards have experienced a performance improvement of around 3% at 4K. This is the same performance gain Nvidia has seen in the past few months.Editors' Recommendations
