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, 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 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 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25106 vs 18813
- Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1020 vs 912
- Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 150024 vs 102535
- Around 77% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 326.494
- Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 52.561 vs 31.684
- Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 159.275
- Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 1506.874
- Around 77% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19418 vs 10970
| 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 | 25106 vs 18813 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1020 vs 912 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 150024 vs 102535 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 578.52 vs 326.494 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 52.561 vs 31.684 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 291.971 vs 159.275 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2700.97 vs 1506.874 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 19418 vs 10970 |
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
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 25106 | 18813 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1020 | 912 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 150024 | 102535 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 578.52 | 326.494 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 52.561 | 31.684 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 291.971 | 159.275 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2700.97 | 1506.874 |
| 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 | 19418 | 10970 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 3938.377 |
Compare specifications (specs)
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| 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 | 62 | 98 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Price now | $749.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 32.34 | |
Technical info |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | |
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Memory |
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| 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 |
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