EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
vs
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK has the TU104 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 21 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK GPU PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
TU104 GPU Chip Navi 21 XT
Turing Architecture RDNA 2
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 72
2944 Shader 4608
64 Render Output Units 128
184 Texture Units 288
46 Raytracing Cores 72

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.900 GHz
1.710 GHz Boost Clock 2.310 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.07 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 210 W.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 300 W.

210 W TDP 300 W
250 W TDP (up) 345 W
88 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
34 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
43 dB Noise (Load) 36-37 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

269 mm Length 310 mm
114 mm Height 135 mm
-- Width 54 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q3/2019.

The PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT came on the market in Q1/2021 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

08G-P4-2181-KR Part-no AXRX 6800XT 16GBD6-3DHR/OC
Q3/2019 Release date Q1/2021
729 $ Launch Price 729 $
12 nm Structure size 7 nm
-- 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)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
66 fps (avg)
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
105 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
108 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
116 fps (avg)
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
185 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
162 fps (avg)
PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Red Dragon Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
205 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

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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