NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition
vs
AMD Radeon RX 6800


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition has the TU106 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 is based on the graphics chip Navi 21, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition GPU AMD Radeon RX 6800
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800
TU106 GPU Chip Navi 21
Turing Architecture RDNA 2
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
2304 Shader 3840
64 Render Output Units 96
144 Texture Units 240
36 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

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 clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.700 GHz
1.710 GHz Boost Clock 2.105 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.82 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 185 W.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 85 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 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 Non addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

229 mm Length 267 mm
113 mm Height 120 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q3/2018.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

900-1G160-2550-000 Part-no --
Q3/2018 Release date Q4/2020
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 579 $
12 nm Structure size 7 nm
-- 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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR6
57 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
87 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)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
104 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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR6
57 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR6
100 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
178 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR6
139 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
195 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

AMD Radeon RX 6800 AMD Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
165447

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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