MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT has 4608 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.25 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 20.74 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.74 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 8.01 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 72 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.
MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Navi 21 XT GPU Chip TU106
RDNA 2 Architecture Turing
72 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
4608 Shader 2304
128 Render Output Units 64
288 Texture Units 144
72 Raytracing Cores 36

Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
512 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT has a turbo clock of 2.250 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC is 1.740 GHz.

1.825 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
2.250 GHz Boost Clock 1.740 GHz
2.02 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 89 °C.

300 W TDP 185 W
345 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC 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
Non addressable LED LED No LED lighting

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
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT is 50 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC is 50 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

267 mm Length 295 mm
120 mm Height 140 mm
50 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1520 g Weight 1177 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT was released in Q4/2020.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC published in Q4/2018 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q4/2020 Release date Q4/2018
799 $ Launch Price 499 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 12 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 Radeon RX 6800 XT MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
102 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
58 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 6800 XT MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
112 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 6800 XT MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
105 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
180 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
102 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR6
142 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 6800 XT MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
195225

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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