AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 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 35% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1350 MHz
  • Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1545 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25112 vs 21784
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1020 vs 935
  • Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 150004 vs 138583
  • Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 394.035
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 52.561 vs 41.133
  • Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 173.697
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 1987.605
  • Around 33% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19418 vs 14612
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 vs 20 September 2018
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 25112 vs 21784
PassMark - G2D Mark 1020 vs 935
Geekbench - OpenCL 150004 vs 138583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 vs 394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 vs 41.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 vs 173.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 vs 1987.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3374 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3374 vs 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19418 vs 14612

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

  • 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 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 23659 vs 16849
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 23659 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) 23659 vs 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23659 vs 16849

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25112
21784
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1020
935
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
150004
138583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
578.52
394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.561
41.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
291.971
173.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2700.97
1987.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16849
23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3374
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16849
23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3374
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
19418
14612
Name AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 25112 21784
PassMark - G2D Mark 1020 935
Geekbench - OpenCL 150004 138583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 41.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 173.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 1987.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16849 23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3374 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16849 23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3374 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19418 14612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5461.22

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Code name Navi 21 TU102
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 20 September 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $999
Place in performance rating 62 83
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $1,279.99
Value for money (0-100) 17.22

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2250 MHz 1545 MHz
Compute units 72
Core clock speed 1825 MHz 1350 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
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 18,600 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 2x 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
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6