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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.25 GHz · 300 W Speed index 17/100
In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition and the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is 96 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Speed index
9/100
17/100
FP32
10.60 TFLOPS
20.74 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.80 GHz
2.25 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
16 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
496 GB/s
512 GB/s
TDP
225 W
300 W
Launch Price
729 $
799 $

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Based onNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU ChipTU104Navi 21 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors4672
Shader29444608
Render Output Units64128
Texture Units184288
Raytracing Cores4672
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 and has 2944 texture shaders and 46 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, which has 4608 shaders and 72 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Memory Size8 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock1.938 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed15.5 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth496 GB/s512 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 496 GB/s.

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

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Base Clock1.515 GHz1.825 GHz
Boost Clock1.800 GHz2.250 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.02 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition clocks in the base with up to 1.515 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is 1.825 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
TDP225 W300 W
TDP (up)250 W345 W
Tjunction max88 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition is 225 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The AMD 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.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 90 mm3 x 80 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)35 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)41 dB37 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition has a total of 2 Axial fans.

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

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a2x DP 1.4a
USB-C11
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNon addressable LED
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9DecodeDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Length267 mm270 mm
Height116 mm120 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots3 Slots
Weight--1,503 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition is 267 mm long, 116 mm high and -- wide.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is 270 mm long, 120 mm high and -- wide.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders EditionAMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2018Q4/2020
Launch Price729 $799 $
Structure size12 nm7 nm
Documents--data sheet
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition was released in Q3/2018 at a price of 729 $.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 799 $.

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 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +79.9 %

  1. 5,120
  2. 9,213

Port Royal (Raytracing) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +43.4 %

  1. 6,598
  2. 9,462

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +58.9 %

  1. 2,220
  2. 3,527

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) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +47.5 %

  1. 40 fps (avg)
  2. 59 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +41.7 %

  1. 48 fps (avg)
  2. 68 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +47.8 %

  1. 69 fps (avg)
  2. 102 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. no data
  2. 32 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 64 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 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) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +56.7 %

  1. 67 fps (avg)
  2. 105 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +47.5 %

  1. 122 fps (avg)
  2. 180 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +17.0 %

  1. 171 fps (avg)
  2. 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 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +39.0 %

  1. 111,786
  2. 155,408

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +45.7 %

  1. 106,678
  2. 155,418

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 195,225

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