AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1515 MHz
  • Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1710 MHz
  • Around 30% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2944
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22313 vs 18816
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 973 vs 912
  • Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 126207 vs 102535
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 432.118 vs 326.494
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 41.585 vs 31.684
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 383.037 vs 159.275
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2280.457 vs 1506.874
  • Around 49% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 16306 vs 10966
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 vs 20 September 2018
Core clock speed 1700 MHz vs 1515 MHz
Boost clock speed 2105 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Pipelines 3840 vs 2944
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22313 vs 18816
PassMark - G2D Mark 973 vs 912
Geekbench - OpenCL 126207 vs 102535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 432.118 vs 326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.585 vs 31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 383.037 vs 159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2280.457 vs 1506.874
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 16306 vs 10966

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

  • Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 215 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25500 vs 16162
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6966 vs 3719
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6293 vs 3373
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25500 vs 16162
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6966 vs 3719
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6293 vs 3373
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 215 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25500 vs 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6966 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6293 vs 3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25500 vs 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6966 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6293 vs 3373

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
22313
18816
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
973
912
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
126207
102535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
432.118
326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
41.585
31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
383.037
159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2280.457
1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16162
25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3373
6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16162
25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3373
6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
16306
10966
Name AMD Radeon RX 6800 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark - G3D Mark 22313 18816
PassMark - G2D Mark 973 912
Geekbench - OpenCL 126207 102535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 432.118 326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.585 31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 383.037 159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2280.457 1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16162 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3373 6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16162 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3373 6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 16306 10966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3938.377

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 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) $579 $699
Place in performance rating 76 97
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $749.99
Value for money (0-100) 32.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2105 MHz 1710 MHz
Compute units 60
Core clock speed 1700 MHz 1515 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 2944
Pixel fill rate 202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 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 40 mm (1.6 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 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