Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Sapphire Nitro+ 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.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 has the Navi 21 graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G is based on the graphics chip TU104, which comes from the Turing architecture.
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6800 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Navi 21 GPU Chip TU104
RDNA 2 Architecture Turing
60 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
3840 Shader 2944
96 Render Output Units 64
240 Texture Units 184
60 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The graphics memory of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

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

1.850 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
2.190 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
1.98 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 215 W.

250 W TDP 215 W
285 W TDP (up) 250 W
100 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 36 dB
37 dB Noise (Load) 45 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED No LED lighting

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

Dimensions

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

310 mm Length 272 mm
134 mm Height 114 mm
55 mm Width 35 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q4/2020.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G came on the market in Q4/2018 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

11305-01-20G Part-no GV-N2080TURBO-8GC
Q4/2020 Release date Q4/2018
739 $ Launch Price 729 $
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)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G
8 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
90 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G
8 GB GDDR6
66 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)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
62 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
108 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)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G
8 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
185 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G
8 GB GDDR6
116 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6800
16 GB GDDR6
203 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo 8G
8 GB GDDR6
162 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

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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