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


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

GPU

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.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition GPU AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
TU104 GPU Chip Navi 21 XT
Turing Architecture RDNA 2
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 72
2944 Shader 4608
64 Render Output Units 128
184 Texture Units 288
46 Raytracing Cores 72

Memory

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.

8 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.938 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
15.5 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
496 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
1.800 GHz Boost Clock 2.250 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.02 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

225 W TDP 300 W
250 W TDP (up) 345 W
88 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
35 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
41 dB Noise (Load) 37 dB

Connectivity

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.

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 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

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.

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 directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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 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.

267 mm Length 270 mm
116 mm Height 120 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1503 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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 $.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2018 Release date Q4/2020
729 $ Launch Price 799 $
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 2080 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR6
69 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
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)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD 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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR6
67 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
105 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR6
122 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
180 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR6
171 fps (avg)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
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

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD 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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