AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 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 - 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1650 MHz
  • Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1815 MHz
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 5120 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 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26746 vs 19514
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1052 vs 920
  • Around 44% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 166557 vs 115804
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 543.753 vs 338.122
  • Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 51.155 vs 31.6
  • Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 320.733 vs 190.349
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2566.9 vs 1653.08
  • 10545x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 21090 vs 2
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 vs 23 July 2019
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1815 MHz
Pipelines 5120 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 26746 vs 19514
PassMark - G2D Mark 1052 vs 920
Geekbench - OpenCL 166557 vs 115804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 543.753 vs 338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 51.155 vs 31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 320.733 vs 190.349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2566.9 vs 1653.08
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 21090 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 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): 27179 vs 17213
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27179 vs 17213
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27179 vs 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27179 vs 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
26746
19514
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1052
920
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
166557
115804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
543.753
338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
51.155
31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
320.733
190.349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2566.9
1653.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17213
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17213
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
21090
2
Name AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
PassMark - G3D Mark 26746 19514
PassMark - G2D Mark 1052 920
Geekbench - OpenCL 166557 115804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 543.753 338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 0 4571.03
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 51.155 31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 320.733 190.349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2566.9 1653.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17213 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17213 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 21090 2

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 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) $999 $699
Place in performance rating 62 110
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2250 MHz 1815 MHz
Compute units 80
Core clock speed 1825 MHz 1650 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 3072
Pixel fill rate 288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 720.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 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

Form factor Triple-slot
Height 50 mm (2 inches) 4.556” (115.7mm)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 10.5” (266.74mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 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 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