Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 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
152
98
87
65
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
172
140
103
55
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
253
199
137
80
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
133
122
98
59
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
101
83
64
34
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
126
117
88
56
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
93
75
61
34
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
109
95
63
27
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
174
156
116
63
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High146155
1080p Ultra121127
1440p Ultra9194
4K Ultra5355
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
14202
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy1466016983
Solar Bay6426664114
Port Royal91099710
Fire Strike3566839013
Night Raid114857155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
144745
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur211 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection141.3 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.24 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.1 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.22 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.46 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching627.3 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics16980.5 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
21611
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark9281191
DirectX 11190 fps187 fps
DirectX 1284 fps57 fps
GPU Compute10244 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
165.2 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)776.4 fpsn/a
Car Chase675.9 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)655.7 fpsn/a
T-Rex3193.1 fpsn/a
ALU 24775.9 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2278.9 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation4776.1n/a

Blender

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

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 27, 2018 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Turing RDNA 4.0
Codename TU102 Navi 44
Price 999 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1350 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1545 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 4352 2048
TMUs 272 128
ROPs 88 64
Execution Units 68 32
Ray Tracing Cores 68 32
Tensor Cores 544 64
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 5632 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 136 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 420 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.4 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 754 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 18 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 23.87 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 352 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 11 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
616 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

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