GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master Type C 16G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master Type C 16G and the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master Type C 16G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and has 4608 texture shaders and 72 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master Type C 16G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Navi 21 XT GPU Chip TU106
RDNA 2 Architecture Turing
72 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
4608 Shader 2304
128 Render Output Units 64
288 Texture Units 144
72 Raytracing Cores 36

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master Type C 16G has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G 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 GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master Type C 16G clocks in the base with up to 1.825 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G is 1.410 GHz.

1.825 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
2.310 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
2.07 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master Type C 16G is 300 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G has a TDP of 225 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

300 W TDP 225 W
345 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master Type C 16G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 115 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
1 x 100 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
35 dB Noise (Load) --

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 GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master Type C 16G.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G 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 GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master Type C 16G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G 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 No LED lighting

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 GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master Type C 16G is 324 mm long, 140 mm high and 60 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G is 295 mm long, 140 mm high and -- wide.

324 mm Length 295 mm
140 mm Height 140 mm
60 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1485 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master Type C 16G was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 779 $.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING X 8G was introduced in Q4/2018 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

GV-R68XTAORUS M-16GC Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2018
779 $ Launch Price 499 $ (Reference)
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)

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)

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)

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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