NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 184 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	7 Dec 2021 vs 28 Oct 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	184 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1650 MHz
2.9x more texture fill rate: 648.0 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
2.1x more pipelines: 4608 vs 2176
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1018 vs 835
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25034 vs 15903
2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19444 vs 8017

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate	648.0 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4608 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1018 vs 835
PassMark - G3D Mark	25034 vs 15903
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	19444 vs 8017

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

835

1018

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15903

25034

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

8017

19444

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	835	1018
PassMark - G3D Mark	15903	25034
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8017	19444
Geekbench - OpenCL		151497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3374

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	RDNA 2.0
Code name	TU106	Navi 21
Launch date	7 Dec 2021	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	72	69
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	2250 MHz
Core clock speed	1470 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)	1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)	41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.181 TFLOPS	20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2176	4608
Pixel fill rate	79.20 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	224.4 GTexel/s	648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	184 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	10800 million	26800 million
Compute units		72
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	35 mm, 1.4 inches	50 mm (2 inches)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	229 mm, 9 inches	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	113 mm, 4.4 inches	120 mm (4.7 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6