AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q 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.

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 96% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 930 MHz
2.1x more boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1080 MHz
3.8x more texture fill rate: 648.0 GTexel/s vs 172.8 GTexel/s
Around 80% higher pipelines: 4608 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25004 vs 13637
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1025 vs 612
Around 92% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 154220 vs 80223

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 Oct 2020 vs 2 Apr 2020
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Texture fill rate	648.0 GTexel/s vs 172.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4608 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	25004 vs 13637
PassMark - G2D Mark	1025 vs 612
Geekbench - OpenCL	154220 vs 80223

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q

3.8x lower typical power consumption: 80 W vs 300 Watt
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20002 vs 16849
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 10384 vs 3720
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 10130 vs 3374
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20002 vs 16849
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 10384 vs 3720
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 10130 vs 3374
2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7412 vs 3689

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 W vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20002 vs 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	10384 vs 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	10130 vs 3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20002 vs 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	10384 vs 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	10130 vs 3374
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7412 vs 3689

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

25004

13637

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1025

612

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

154220

80223

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16849

20002

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3720

10384

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3374

10130

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16849

20002

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3720

10384

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3374

10130

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3689

7412

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	25004	13637
PassMark - G2D Mark	1025	612
Geekbench - OpenCL	154220	80223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16849	20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720	10384
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3374	10130
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16849	20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720	10384
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3374	10130
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3689	7412

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 21	TU104B
Launch date	28 Oct 2020	2 Apr 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	71	107
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz	1080 MHz
Compute units	72
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1296 GFLOPS (1:16)	172.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)	11.06 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	20.74 TFLOPS	5.530 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4608	2560
Pixel fill rate	288.0 GPixel/s	69.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	648.0 GTexel/s	172.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	80 W
Transistor count	26800 million	13600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	50 mm (2 inches)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
Width	120 mm (4.7 inches)	IGP
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.1
OpenCL	2.1	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	352.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6