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 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 MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke 8G is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.
Memory
Memory
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke 8G
Memory Size
12 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
16.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
384 GB/s
448 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
256 bit
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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 MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke 8G
Base Clock
2.321 GHz
1.515 GHz
Boost Clock
2.581 GHz
1.710 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.42 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT has a turbo clock of 2.581 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke 8G is 1.710 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke 8G
TDP
230 W
245 W
TDP (up)
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285 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
88 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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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 MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke 8G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 88 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke 8G
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
3 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
34 dB
Noise (Load)
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45 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.
The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke 8G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4a
USB-C
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1
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.
The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke 8G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke 8G
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Addressable LED
MSI Mystic Light
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).
The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke 8G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
Decode
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6700 XT
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke 8G
Length
260 mm
314 mm
Height
120 mm
120 mm
Width
50 mm
46 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
3 Slots
Weight
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1,082 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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 MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke 8G is 50 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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