AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1650 MHz
  • Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1815 MHz
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 4608 vs 3072
  • 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 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25118 vs 19611
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1020 vs 927
  • Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 150050 vs 117339
  • Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 337.794
  • Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 52.561 vs 31.631
  • Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 190.996
  • Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 1654.321
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3374 vs 3355
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3374 vs 3355
  • 9708x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19416 vs 2
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 vs 23 July 2019
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1815 MHz
Pipelines 4608 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 25118 vs 19611
PassMark - G2D Mark 1020 vs 927
Geekbench - OpenCL 150050 vs 117339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 vs 337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 vs 31.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 vs 190.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 vs 1654.321
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3374 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3374 vs 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19416 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27179 vs 16849
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27179 vs 16849
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27179 vs 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27179 vs 16849

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25118
19611
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1020
927
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
150050
117339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
578.52
337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.561
31.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
291.971
190.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2700.97
1654.321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16849
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3374
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16849
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3374
3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
19416
2
Name AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
PassMark - G3D Mark 25118 19611
PassMark - G2D Mark 1020 927
Geekbench - OpenCL 150050 117339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 31.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 190.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 1654.321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16849 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3374 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16849 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3374 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19416 2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4566.815

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Code name Navi 21 TU104
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 23 July 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $699
Place in performance rating 62 109
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2250 MHz 1815 MHz
Compute units 72
Core clock speed 1825 MHz 1650 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 3072
Pixel fill rate 288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 26800 million
CUDA cores 3072
Maximum GPU temperature 89 C
Render output units 64

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Display Port 1.4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays 4

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 50 mm (2 inches) 4.556” (115.7mm)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 10.5” (266.74mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 6 pin + 8 pin
Width 120 mm (4.7 inches) 2-Slot

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.1
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.5 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512.0 GB/s 496 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready