AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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.

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1440 MHz
2.2x more pipelines: 5120 vs 2304
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26853 vs 12354
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1048 vs 601
2.8x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 20909 vs 7453

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 Oct 2020 vs 29 January 2019
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Pipelines	5120 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	26853 vs 12354
PassMark - G2D Mark	1048 vs 601
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	20909 vs 7453

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 300 Watt
7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 18604 vs 17213
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8898 vs 3714
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8029 vs 3350
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 18604 vs 17213
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8898 vs 3714
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8029 vs 3350

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	18604 vs 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8898 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8029 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	18604 vs 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8898 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8029 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

26853

12354

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1048

601

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17213

18604

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

8898

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

8029

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17213

18604

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

8898

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

8029

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

20909

7453

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark	26853	12354
PassMark - G2D Mark	1048	601
Geekbench - OpenCL	161035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2566.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17213	18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714	8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350	8029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17213	18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714	8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350	8029
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	20909	7453

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 21	TU106
Launch date	28 Oct 2020	29 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	70	128
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Price now		$489.99
Value for money (0-100)		49.06
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz	1440 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	1215 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1440 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	23.04 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5120	2304
Pixel fill rate	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	720.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	10,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot
Height	50 mm (2 inches)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
Width	120 mm (4.7 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.0
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6