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MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G vs GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White

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 a maximum of 2.25 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 23.04 TFLOPS.

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White 8 GB GDDR6 · 1.80 GHz · 215 W Speed index 9/100

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White has 2944 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.80 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.60 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G is 117 % faster than the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White.

MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White
Speed index
19/100
9/100
FP32
23.04 TFLOPS
10.60 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.25 GHz
1.80 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
448 GB/s
TDP
300 W
215 W
Launch Price
999 $
699 $
610 pts
382 pts

GPU

GPUMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GPU ChipNavi 21TU104
Streaming Multiprocessors8046
Shader51202944
Render Output Units12864
Texture Units320184
Raytracing Cores8046
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The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 80 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.

Memory

MemoryMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White
Memory Size16 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s448 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White
Base Clock1.825 GHz1.515 GHz
Boost Clock2.250 GHz1.800 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.02 GHz1.71 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G has a turbo clock of 2.250 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White is 1.800 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White
TDP300 W215 W
TDP (up)345 W--
Tjunction max100 °C88 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White 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 88 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 80 mm2 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort2x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
USB-C11
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The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNon addressable LEDAddressable LED
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The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode
AV1DecodeNo
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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 Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White
Length267 mm283 mm
Height120 mm139 mm
Width50 mm41 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G is 50 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White is 50 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataMSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GGALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2021Q3/2018
Launch Price999 $699 $
Structure size7 nm12 nm
Part-no--28NSL6UCT6WO
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G was released in Q2/2021.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC White published in Q3/2018 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 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 +92.1 %

  1. 9,836
  2. 5,120

Port Royal (Raytracing) MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +49.9 %

  1. 9,889
  2. 6,598

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +63.0 %

  1. 3,619
  2. 2,220

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 +60.0 %

  1. 64 fps (avg)
  2. 40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +56.3 %

  1. 75 fps (avg)
  2. 48 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +65.2 %

  1. 114 fps (avg)
  2. 69 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. 38 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 74 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 126 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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 +64.2 %

  1. 110 fps (avg)
  2. 67 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +63.9 %

  1. 200 fps (avg)
  2. 122 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +17.0 %

  1. 200 fps (avg)
  2. 171 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 +44.4 %

  1. 161,394
  2. 111,786

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT 16G +51.3 %

  1. 161,439
  2. 106,678

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 235,478
  2. no data

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