MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.62 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 7.46 TFLOPS.

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G has 5120 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.25 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 23.04 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 80 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G GPU MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
TU106 GPU Chip Navi 21
Turing Architecture RDNA 2
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
2304 Shader 5120
64 Render Output Units 128
144 Texture Units 320
36 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

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 MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G has a turbo clock of 1.620 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G is 2.250 GHz.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
1.620 GHz Boost Clock 2.250 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.02 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 89 °C.

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

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

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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 --
1 USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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 2070 GAMING 8G is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

295 mm Length 267 mm
140 mm Height 120 mm
-- Width 50 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1485 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G was released in Q4/2018.

The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G published in Q2/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q4/2018 Release date Q2/2021
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 999 $ (Reference)
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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
16 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
16 GB GDDR6
114 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)

MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
16 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
16 GB GDDR6
74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
16 GB GDDR6
126 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
16 GB GDDR6
110 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR6
132 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
16 GB GDDR6
200 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

MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
16 GB GDDR6
235478

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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