AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 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 - 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1365 MHz
  • Around 34% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1680 MHz
  • 2.4x more pipelines: 4608 vs 1920
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25112 vs 14150
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1020 vs 750
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 150004 vs 70649
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 220.337
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 52.561 vs 21.852
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 135.923
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 1141.283
  • 2.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19418 vs 7489
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 vs 7 January 2019
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1365 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1680 MHz
Pipelines 4608 vs 1920
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 25112 vs 14150
PassMark - G2D Mark 1020 vs 750
Geekbench - OpenCL 150004 vs 70649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 vs 220.337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 vs 21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 vs 135.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 vs 1141.283
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19418 vs 7489

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20094 vs 16849
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7442 vs 3720
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6714 vs 3374
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20094 vs 16849
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7442 vs 3720
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6714 vs 3374
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20094 vs 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7442 vs 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6714 vs 3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20094 vs 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7442 vs 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6714 vs 3374

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25112
14150
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1020
750
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
150004
70649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
578.52
220.337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.561
21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
291.971
135.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2700.97
1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16849
20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3374
6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16849
20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3374
6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
19418
7489
Name AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
PassMark - G3D Mark 25112 14150
PassMark - G2D Mark 1020 750
Geekbench - OpenCL 150004 70649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 220.337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 135.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16849 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3374 6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16849 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3374 6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19418 7489
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3131.344

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Code name Navi 21 TU106
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 7 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $349
Place in performance rating 62 150
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $349.99
Value for money (0-100) 62.74

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2250 MHz 1680 MHz
Compute units 72
Core clock speed 1825 MHz 1365 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 4608 1920
Pixel fill rate 288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 160 Watt
Transistor count 26800 million 10,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort count 2
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 50 mm (2 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 229 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Width 120 mm (4.7 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6