ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
vs
Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT and the Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and has 5120 texture shaders and 80 execution units.

Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, which has 2944 shaders and 46 execution units.
ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT GPU Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Navi 21 GPU Chip TU104
RDNA 2 Architecture Turing
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
5120 Shader 2944
128 Render Output Units 64
320 Texture Units 184
80 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT clocks in the base with up to 1.825 GHz. The base frequency of the Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock is 1.515 GHz.

1.825 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
2.250 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
2.02 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.71 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT is 300 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock has a TDP of 225 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

300 W TDP 225 W
345 W TDP (up) 260 W
100 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 35 dB
-- Noise (Load) 44 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT.

The Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT is 267 mm long, 120 mm high and 50 mm wide.

The Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock is 292 mm long, 130 mm high and 60 mm wide.

267 mm Length 292 mm
120 mm Height 130 mm
50 mm Width 60 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT was released in Q2/2021 at a price of 999 $ (Reference).

The Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 799 $.

RX6900XT-16G Part-no NE62080S20P2-1040G
Q2/2021 Release date Q3/2018
999 $ (Reference) Launch Price 799 $
7 nm Structure size 12 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock
8 GB GDDR6
49 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
114 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock
8 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
126 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
110 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock
8 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock
8 GB GDDR6
123 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock Palit GeForce RTX 2080 GameRock
8 GB GDDR6
172 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
235478

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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