Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
vs
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC is based on the graphics chip TU106, which comes from the Turing architecture.
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Navi 21 XT GPU Chip TU106
RDNA 2 Architecture Turing
72 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
4608 Shader 2304
128 Render Output Units 64
288 Texture Units 144
72 Raytracing Cores 36

Memory

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

The graphics memory speed of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC 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.

1.825 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
2.250 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
2.02 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 300 W.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC 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 175 W.

300 W TDP 175 W
345 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
37 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC 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
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The maximum supported resolution of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED Addressable LED

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 295 mm
120 mm Height 143 mm
50 mm Width 52 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1500 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q2/2021.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC came on the market in Q4/2018 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

21304-01-20G Part-no 27NSL6UCV1OC
Q2/2021 Release date Q4/2018
649 $ (Reference) Launch Price 499 $ (Reference)
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 Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC
8 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
102 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC
8 GB GDDR6
61 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 Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire 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)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
105 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC
8 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
180 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2070 EX OC
8 GB GDDR6
148 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

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Sapphire 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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