AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1365 MHz
  • Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1680 MHz
  • 2x more pipelines: 3840 vs 1920
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22309 vs 14150
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 973 vs 751
  • Around 79% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 126068 vs 70387
  • Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 432.118 vs 220.337
  • Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 41.585 vs 21.852
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 383.037 vs 135.923
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2280.457 vs 1141.283
  • 2.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 16322 vs 7491
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 vs 7 January 2019
Core clock speed 1700 MHz vs 1365 MHz
Boost clock speed 2105 MHz vs 1680 MHz
Pipelines 3840 vs 1920
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22309 vs 14150
PassMark - G2D Mark 973 vs 751
Geekbench - OpenCL 126068 vs 70387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 432.118 vs 220.337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.585 vs 21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 383.037 vs 135.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2280.457 vs 1141.283
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 16322 vs 7491

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

  • Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20094 vs 16162
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7442 vs 3719
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6714 vs 3373
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20094 vs 16162
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7442 vs 3719
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6714 vs 3373
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20094 vs 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7442 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6714 vs 3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20094 vs 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7442 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6714 vs 3373

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
22309
14150
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
973
751
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
126068
70387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
432.118
220.337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
41.585
21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
383.037
135.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2280.457
1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16162
20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3373
6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16162
20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3373
6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
16322
7491
Name AMD Radeon RX 6800 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
PassMark - G3D Mark 22309 14150
PassMark - G2D Mark 973 751
Geekbench - OpenCL 126068 70387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 432.118 220.337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.585 21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 383.037 135.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2280.457 1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16162 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3373 6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16162 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3373 6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 16322 7491
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3131.344

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Code name Navi 21 TU106
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 7 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $579 $349
Place in performance rating 77 150
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $349.99
Value for money (0-100) 62.74

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2105 MHz 1680 MHz
Compute units 60
Core clock speed 1700 MHz 1365 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 16.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 1920
Pixel fill rate 202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 160 Watt
Transistor count 26800 million 10,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort count 2
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 40 mm (1.6 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 229 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Width 120 mm (4.7 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6