NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 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, 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 - 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2304
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13796 vs 13685
  • Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82601 vs 64851
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20344 vs 13621
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8912 vs 3719
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20344 vs 13621
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8912 vs 3719
  • Around 11% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8579 vs 7709
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Apr 2020 vs 21 Jan 2020
Pipelines 3072 vs 2304
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13796 vs 13685
Geekbench - OpenCL 82601 vs 64851
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20344 vs 13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20344 vs 13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912 vs 3719
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8579 vs 7709

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

  • Around 54% higher core clock speed: 1130 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1080 MHz
  • Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 224.6 GTexel/s vs 207.4 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 880 vs 582
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1130 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1560 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Texture fill rate 224.6 GTexel/s vs 207.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 880 vs 582
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13796
13685
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
582
880
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
82601
64851
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20344
13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8912
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20344
13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8912
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8579
7709
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 13796 13685
PassMark - G2D Mark 582 880
Geekbench - OpenCL 82601 64851
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20344 13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20344 13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8579 7709
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 207.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3560.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 148.938
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1111.648

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

Essentials

Architecture Turing RDNA 1.0
Code name TU104B Navi 10 XLE
Launch date 2 Apr 2020 21 Jan 2020
Place in performance rating 136 193
Type Laptop Desktop, Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $279

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1080 MHz 1560 MHz
Core clock speed 735 MHz 1130 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 207.4 GFLOPS (1:32) 449.3 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 13.27 TFLOPS (2:1) 14.38 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 6.636 TFLOPS 7.188 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3072 2304
Pixel fill rate 69.12 GPixel/s 99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 207.4 GTexel/s 224.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 13600 million 10300 million
Compute units 36

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot Dual-slot
Length 10.5 inches (267 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 352.0 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective) 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6