MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z has 4352 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.77 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 15.41 TFLOPS.

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G has 3840 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.16 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 16.55 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 68 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 60 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z GPU MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800
TU102 GPU Chip Navi 21
Turing Architecture RDNA 2
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
4352 Shader 3840
88 Render Output Units 96
272 Texture Units 240
68 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z is equipped with a 11 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

11 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
616 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
352 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z has a turbo clock of 1.770 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G is 2.155 GHz.

1.350 GHz Base Clock 1.775 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 2.155 GHz
1.55 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.93 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z has 3 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 6800 Gaming X Trio 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.

350 W TDP 250 W
380 W TDP (up) 285 W
89 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
43-44 dB Noise (Load) 34 dB

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 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 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 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 MSI Mystic Light

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 2080 Ti Lightning Z is 63 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G is 63 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

328 mm Length 324 mm
143 mm Height 141 mm
63 mm Width 55 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1852 g Weight 1521 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z was released in Q3/2018.

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2018 Release date Q4/2020
1,649 $ Launch Price 659 $
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)

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G
16 GB GDDR6
106 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z
11 GB GDDR6
164 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G
16 GB GDDR6
182 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z
11 GB GDDR6
223 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G MSI Radeon RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 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

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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