AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1650 MHz
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1815 MHz
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 3840 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 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22313 vs 19611
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 973 vs 927
  • Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 126207 vs 117339
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 432.118 vs 337.794
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 41.585 vs 31.631
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 383.037 vs 190.996
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2280.457 vs 1654.321
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3373 vs 3355
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3373 vs 3355
  • 8153x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 16306 vs 2
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 vs 23 July 2019
Core clock speed 1700 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Boost clock speed 2105 MHz vs 1815 MHz
Pipelines 3840 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22313 vs 19611
PassMark - G2D Mark 973 vs 927
Geekbench - OpenCL 126207 vs 117339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 432.118 vs 337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.585 vs 31.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 383.037 vs 190.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2280.457 vs 1654.321
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3373 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3373 vs 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 16306 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27179 vs 16162
  • Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27179 vs 16162
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27179 vs 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27179 vs 16162

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
22313
19611
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
973
927
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
126207
117339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
432.118
337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
41.585
31.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
383.037
190.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2280.457
1654.321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16162
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3373
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16162
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3373
3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
16306
2
Name AMD Radeon RX 6800 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
PassMark - G3D Mark 22313 19611
PassMark - G2D Mark 973 927
Geekbench - OpenCL 126207 117339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 432.118 337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.585 31.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 383.037 190.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2280.457 1654.321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16162 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3373 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16162 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3373 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 16306 2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4566.815

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 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) $579 $699
Place in performance rating 76 109
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2105 MHz 1815 MHz
Compute units 60
Core clock speed 1700 MHz 1650 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 3072
Pixel fill rate 202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 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 40 mm (1.6 inches) 4.556” (115.7mm)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 10.5” (266.74mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 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