AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 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).

AMD Radeon RX 6800

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1545 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22313 vs 21784
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 973 vs 935
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 432.118 vs 394.035
Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 41.585 vs 41.133
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 383.037 vs 173.697
Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2280.457 vs 1987.605
Around 12% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 16306 vs 14606

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 Oct 2020 vs 20 September 2018
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Boost clock speed	2105 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	22313 vs 21784
PassMark - G2D Mark	973 vs 935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	432.118 vs 394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	41.585 vs 41.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	383.037 vs 173.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2280.457 vs 1987.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3373 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3373 vs 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	16306 vs 14606

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 138583 vs 126207
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 23659 vs 16162
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 23659 vs 16162

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	138583 vs 126207
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	23659 vs 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	23659 vs 16162

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22313

21784

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

973

935

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

126207

138583

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

432.118

394.035

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

41.585

41.133

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

383.037

173.697

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2280.457

1987.605

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16162

23659

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3373

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16162

23659

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3373

3358

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

16306

14606

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6800	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark	22313	21784
PassMark - G2D Mark	973	935
Geekbench - OpenCL	126207	138583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	432.118	394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	41.585	41.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	383.037	173.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2280.457	1987.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16162	23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3373	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16162	23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3373	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	16306	14606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5461.22

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6800	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)	$579	$999
Place in performance rating	76	83
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$1,279.99
Value for money (0-100)		17.22
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2105 MHz	1545 MHz
Compute units	60
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1350 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
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	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	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	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