AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 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 - 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 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1350 MHz
  • Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1545 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26746 vs 21601
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1052 vs 928
  • Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 166557 vs 134929
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 543.753 vs 394.035
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 51.155 vs 41.104
  • Around 84% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 320.733 vs 174.185
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2566.9 vs 1987.605
  • 6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 21090 vs 3537
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 vs 20 September 2018
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 26746 vs 21601
PassMark - G2D Mark 1052 vs 928
Geekbench - OpenCL 166557 vs 134929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 543.753 vs 394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 51.155 vs 41.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 320.733 vs 174.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2566.9 vs 1987.605
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 21090 vs 3537

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

  • 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 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 23659 vs 17213
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 23659 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) 23659 vs 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23659 vs 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
26746
21601
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1052
928
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
166557
134929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
543.753
394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
51.155
41.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
320.733
174.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2566.9
1987.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17213
23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17213
23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
21090
3537
Name AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 26746 21601
PassMark - G2D Mark 1052 928
Geekbench - OpenCL 166557 134929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 543.753 394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 0 5461.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 51.155 41.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 320.733 174.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2566.9 1987.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17213 23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17213 23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 21090 3537

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 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) $999 $999
Place in performance rating 62 91
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $1,279.99
Value for money (0-100) 17.22

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2250 MHz 1545 MHz
Compute units 80
Core clock speed 1825 MHz 1350 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
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 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

Form factor Triple-slot
Height 50 mm (2 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 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 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6