Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
133
82
74
53
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
150
124
88
49
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
220
166
118
65
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
115
102
83
48
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
86
68
51
28
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
106
96
68
45
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
80
66
48
26
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
92
79
51
23
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
141
127
94
51
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High125155
1080p Ultra101127
1440p Ultra7594
4K Ultra4355
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
11528
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy1162316983
Solar Bay5223064114
Port Royal70019710
Fire Strike2877139013
Night Raid107853155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
122905
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur197.1 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection110.7 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.03 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.5 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.05 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.28 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching576.8 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15732.9 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
19515
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark9211191
DirectX 11164 fps187 fps
DirectX 1275 fps57 fps
GPU Compute8363 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
130.7 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)636.8 fpsn/a
Car Chase560.8 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)518.5 fpsn/a
T-Rex2788.7 fpsn/a
ALU 23207.7 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2275.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation3375.3n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 23, 2019 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Turing RDNA 4.0
Codename TU104 Navi 44
Price 699 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1650 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1815 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 3072 2048
TMUs 192 128
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units 48 32
Ray Tracing Cores 48 32
Tensor Cores 384 64
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 116 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 348 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 11.2 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 250 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 545 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 13 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 23.85 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1937 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15500 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
495.9 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

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