AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 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, 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 - 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).

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

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Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1515 MHz
Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 57% higher pipelines: 4608 vs 2944
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 23070 vs 18607
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1083 vs 922
Around 48% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 156957 vs 106006
Around 69% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 18732 vs 11091

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 Oct 2020 vs 20 September 2018
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1515 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Pipelines	4608 vs 2944
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	23070 vs 18607
PassMark - G2D Mark	1083 vs 922
Geekbench - OpenCL	156957 vs 106006
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	18732 vs 11091

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 215 Watt vs 300 Watt
7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25500 vs 16849
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6966 vs 3720
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6293 vs 3374
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25500 vs 16849
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6966 vs 3720
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6293 vs 3374

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	215 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25500 vs 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6966 vs 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6293 vs 3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25500 vs 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6966 vs 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6293 vs 3374

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

23070

18607

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1083

922

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

156957

106006

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16849

25500

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3720

6966

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3374

6293

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16849

25500

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3720

6966

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3374

6293

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

18732

11091

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark - G3D Mark	23070	18607
PassMark - G2D Mark	1083	922
Geekbench - OpenCL	156957	106006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16849	25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720	6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3374	6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16849	25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720	6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3374	6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	18732	11091
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1506.874

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 21	TU104
Launch date	28 Oct 2020	20 September 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$699
Place in performance rating	26	27
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$749.99
Value for money (0-100)		32.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz	1710 MHz
Compute units	72
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	1515 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	2944
Pixel fill rate	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	13,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	50 mm (2 inches)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	120 mm (4.7 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6