MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G vs Sapphire Radeon RX 6800

GPU comparison with benchmarks In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G and the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 and has 1920 texture shaders and 30 execution units. Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 is based on AMD Radeon RX 6800, which has 3840 shaders and 60 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G	GPU	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060	Based on	AMD Radeon RX 6800
TU106	GPU Chip	Navi 21
Turing	Architecture	RDNA 2
30	Streaming Multiprocessors	60
1920	Shader	3840
48	Render Output Units	96
120	Texture Units	240
30	Raytracing Cores	60

Memory The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.
6 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
336 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s
192 bit	Memory Interface	256 bit

Clock Speeds The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G clocks in the base with up to 1.365 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 is 1.800 GHz.
1.365 GHz	Base Clock	1.800 GHz
1.680 GHz	Boost Clock	2.105 GHz
	Avg (Game) Clock	1.82 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G is 160 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
160 W	TDP	250 W
--	TDP (up)	285 W
88 °C	Tjunction max	100 °C
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G has a total of 2 Axial fans. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
2 x 90 mm	Fan 1	3 x 85 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
--	Noise (Load)	37 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 MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
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	2x DP v1.4a
--	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	1

Featureset The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 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	Non 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
No	AV1	Decode
Decode	VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode	VP9	Decode / Encode

Dimensions The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G is 205 mm long, 128 mm high and 41 mm wide. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 is 267 mm long, 120 mm high and 40 mm wide.
205 mm	Length	267 mm
128 mm	Height	120 mm
41 mm	Width	40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
725 g	Weight	--
PCIe 3.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 349 $ (Reference). The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 579 $ (Reference).
--	Part-no	21305-01-20G
Q1/2019	Release date	Q4/2020
349 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	579 $ (Reference)
12 nm	Structure size	7 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G
1.365 GHz, 6 GB (160 W TDP)

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Sapphire Radeon RX 6800
1.800 GHz, 16 GB (250 W TDP)

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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


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G 6 GB GDDR6	3433
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6	7671

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G 6 GB GDDR6	4179
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6	7867

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G 6 GB GDDR6	1453
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6	2931

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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)


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G 6 GB GDDR6	25 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6	51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G 6 GB GDDR6	31 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6	59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G 6 GB GDDR6	46 fps (avg)
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6	87 fps (avg)

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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 Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6	30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6	60 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6	104 fps (avg)

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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


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G 6 GB GDDR6	70254
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6	126364

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G 6 GB GDDR6	67243
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6	128479

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6	165447

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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)


	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G 6 GB GDDR6	6.45
	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6	16.17

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MSI GeForce RTX 2060 VENTUS XS 6G
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GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

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