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

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G 8 GB GDDR6 · 1.62 GHz · 175 W Speed index 6/100

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.

MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.25 GHz · 300 W Speed index 19/100

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.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G is 209 % faster than the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8G.

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8GMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
Speed index
6/100
19/100
FP32
7.46 TFLOPS
23.04 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.62 GHz
2.25 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
16 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
512 GB/s
TDP
175 W
300 W
Launch Price
499 $
999 $
303 pts
610 pts

GPU

GPUMSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8GMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
Based onNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GPU ChipTU106Navi 21
Streaming Multiprocessors3680
Shader23045120
Render Output Units64128
Texture Units144320
Raytracing Cores3680
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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.

Memory

MemoryMSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8GMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
Memory Size8 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock1.750 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed14.0 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth448 GB/s512 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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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.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsMSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8GMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
Base Clock1.410 GHz1.825 GHz
Boost Clock1.620 GHz2.250 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.02 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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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.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignMSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8GMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
TDP175 W300 W
TDP (up)--345 W
Tjunction max89 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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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.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansMSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8GMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 100 mm3 x 80 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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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.

Connectivity

ConnectivityMSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8GMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a2x DP 1.4a
USB-C11
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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.

Featureset

FeaturesetMSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8GMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNon addressable LED
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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).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsMSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8GMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9DecodeDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsMSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8GMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
Length295 mm267 mm
Height140 mm120 mm
Width--50 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots3 Slots
Weight1,485 g--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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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.

Additional data

Additional dataMSI GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 8GMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2018Q2/2021
Launch Price499 $999 $
Structure size12 nm7 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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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.

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 Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +126.8 %

  1. 4,337
  2. 9,836

Port Royal (Raytracing) MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +85.6 %

  1. 5,327
  2. 9,889

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +93.2 %

  1. 1,873
  2. 3,619

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 Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +113.3 %

  1. 30 fps (avg)
  2. 64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +108.3 %

  1. 36 fps (avg)
  2. 75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +111.1 %

  1. 54 fps (avg)
  2. 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)

  1. no data
  2. 38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 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 Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +103.7 %

  1. 54 fps (avg)
  2. 110 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +110.5 %

  1. 95 fps (avg)
  2. 200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +51.5 %

  1. 132 fps (avg)
  2. 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 MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +79.0 %

  1. 90,143
  2. 161,394

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +87.4 %

  1. 86,141
  2. 161,439

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 235,478

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