GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT EAGLE 12G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT EAGLE 12G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (RDNA 2) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 384 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Turing) and has 11 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 616 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT EAGLE 12G has the Navi 22 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z is based on the graphics chip TU102, which comes from the Turing architecture.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT EAGLE 12G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Navi 22 XT GPU Chip TU102
RDNA 2 Architecture Turing
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
2560 Shader 4352
64 Render Output Units 88
160 Texture Units 272
40 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT EAGLE 12G clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 616 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

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

2.321 GHz Base Clock 1.350 GHz
2.581 GHz Boost Clock 1.770 GHz
2.42 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.55 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT EAGLE 12G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 230 W.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z has 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 350 W.

230 W TDP 350 W
-- TDP (up) 380 W
100 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT EAGLE 12G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 43-44 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT EAGLE 12G.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT EAGLE 12G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z 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 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
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT EAGLE 12G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

282 mm Length 328 mm
113 mm Height 143 mm
40 mm Width 63 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1852 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT EAGLE 12G has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q1/2021.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z came on the market in Q3/2018 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

GV-R67XTEAGLE-12GD Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2018
479 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,649 $
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.

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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT EAGLE 12G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT EAGLE 12G
12 GB GDDR6
144 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z
11 GB GDDR6
164 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT EAGLE 12G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT EAGLE 12G
12 GB GDDR6
194 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z
11 GB GDDR6
223 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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