SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
vs
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.58 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 13.21 TFLOPS.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC has 4352 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.67 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 14.49 TFLOPS.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 40 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 68 execution units.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Navi 22 XT GPU Chip TU102
RDNA 2 Architecture Turing
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
2560 Shader 4352
64 Render Output Units 88
160 Texture Units 272
40 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC has a 11 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 616 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT has a turbo clock of 2.581 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC is 1.665 GHz.

2.321 GHz Base Clock 1.350 GHz
2.581 GHz Boost Clock 1.665 GHz
2.42 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.65 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 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 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 89 °C.

230 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) 320 W
100 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

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) 42-43 dB

Connectivity

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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 PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT is 50 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC is 50 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

260 mm Length 305 mm
120 mm Height 130 mm
50 mm Width 54 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT was released in Q1/2021.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC published in Q3/2018 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

11306-02-20G Part-no ROG-STRIX-RTX2080TI-O11G-GAMING
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2018
479 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,749 $
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 PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC
11 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
49 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC
11 GB GDDR6
66 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
74 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC
11 GB GDDR6
92 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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
84 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 PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
76 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC
11 GB GDDR6
86 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
144 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC
11 GB GDDR6
154 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
194 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC
11 GB GDDR6
210 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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