AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 72% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Around 67% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 1545 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 20 September 2018
Core clock speed	2321 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 932 vs 618
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 21740 vs 17474
Around 72% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 136870 vs 79619

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	932 vs 618
PassMark - G3D Mark	21740 vs 17474
Geekbench - OpenCL	136870 vs 79619

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

618

932

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17474

21740

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

79619

136870

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	618	932
PassMark - G3D Mark	17474	21740
Geekbench - OpenCL	79619	136870
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		393.982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5461.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		41.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		174.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1991.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		14584

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 22	TU102
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	20 September 2018
Place in performance rating	91	90
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Price now		$1,279.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		17.22
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz	1545 MHz
Compute units	40
Core clock speed	2321 MHz	1350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	13.21 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560
Pixel fill rate	165.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	17200 million	18,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6