GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Xtreme Waterforce WB 11G
vs
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Xtreme Waterforce WB 11G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Turing) and has 11 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 622 GB/s.

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

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Xtreme Waterforce WB 11G has the TU102 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 is based on the graphics chip Navi 21, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Xtreme Waterforce WB 11G GPU Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800
TU102 GPU Chip Navi 21
Turing Architecture RDNA 2
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
4352 Shader 3840
88 Render Output Units 96
272 Texture Units 240
68 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Xtreme Waterforce WB 11G clocks at 1.766 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.1 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

11 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.766 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
14.1 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
622 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
352 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.350 GHz Base Clock 1.850 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 2.190 GHz
1.55 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.98 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Xtreme Waterforce WB 11G is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

250 W TDP 250 W
320 W TDP (up) 285 W
89 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Xtreme Waterforce WB 11G is equipped with a total of 0 -- main fans.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Xtreme Waterforce WB 11G.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
3x 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Xtreme Waterforce WB 11G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Xtreme Waterforce WB 11G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

291 mm Length 310 mm
159 mm Height 134 mm
30 mm Width 55 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Xtreme Waterforce WB 11G has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q4/2018.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N208TAORUSX WB-11GC Part-no 11305-01-20G
Q4/2018 Release date Q4/2020
1,699 $ Launch Price 739 $
12 nm Structure size 7 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
62 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
108 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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