MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC
vs
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC and the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

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

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

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 VENTUS 8G OC clocks in the base with up to 1.410 GHz. The base frequency of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT is 1.875 GHz.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.875 GHz
1.710 GHz Boost Clock 2.310 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.07 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC is 185 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 36-37 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 2070 VENTUS 8G OC.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT 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 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT 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 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 2070 VENTUS 8G OC is 226 mm long, 128 mm high and -- wide.

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT is 313 mm long, 135 mm high and 53 mm wide.

226 mm Length 313 mm
128 mm Height 135 mm
-- Width 53 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
764 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC was released in Q4/2018 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 779 $.

-- Part-no 11304-03-20G
Q4/2018 Release date Q1/2021
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 779 $
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 VENTUS 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
57 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
105 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)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
33 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
66 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
115 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 VENTUS 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
57 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
108 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
100 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
185 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
139 fps (avg)
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
205 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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