AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 215 Watt
Launch date 21 Jan 2020 vs 20 September 2018
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 215 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 1130 MHz
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1560 MHz
  • Around 28% higher pipelines: 2944 vs 2304
  • 9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18813 vs 13694
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 912 vs 881
  • Around 58% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102535 vs 64851
  • Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 326.494 vs 207.909
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3938.377 vs 3560.776
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 31.684 vs 20.486
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 159.275 vs 148.938
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1506.874 vs 1111.648
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25500 vs 13621
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6966 vs 3719
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6293 vs 3358
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25500 vs 13621
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6966 vs 3719
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6293 vs 3358
  • Around 42% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 10970 vs 7710
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1515 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Boost clock speed 1710 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Pipelines 2944 vs 2304
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 18813 vs 13694
PassMark - G2D Mark 912 vs 881
Geekbench - OpenCL 102535 vs 64851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 326.494 vs 207.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3938.377 vs 3560.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 31.684 vs 20.486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 159.275 vs 148.938
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1506.874 vs 1111.648
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25500 vs 13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6966 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6293 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25500 vs 13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6966 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6293 vs 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10970 vs 7710

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13694
18813
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
881
912
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
64851
102535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
207.909
326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3560.776
3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.486
31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
148.938
159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1111.648
1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13621
25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13621
25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
7710
10970
Name AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark - G3D Mark 13694 18813
PassMark - G2D Mark 881 912
Geekbench - OpenCL 64851 102535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 207.909 326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3560.776 3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.486 31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 148.938 159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1111.648 1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13621 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13621 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7710 10970

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 Turing
Code name Navi 10 XLE TU104
Launch date 21 Jan 2020 20 September 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $279 $699
Place in performance rating 192 98
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Price now $749.99
Value for money (0-100) 32.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1560 MHz 1710 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1130 MHz 1515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 449.3 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 14.38 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.188 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2304 2944
Pixel fill rate 99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 224.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 215 Watt
Transistor count 10300 million 13,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 10.5 inches (267 mm) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6