AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
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
130
72
58
38
125
80
68
50
The Witcher 3
116
95
66
32
143
118
86
47
Counter-Strike 2
184
128
91
49
207
155
118
62
Far Cry 6
102
86
66
35
110
99
79
46
Hogwarts Legacy
69
56
42
19
80
68
52
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
89
82
55
33
98
92
64
41
Ghost of Tsushima
74
58
43
23
77
61
44
27
Cyberpunk 2077
69
60
37
16
86
79
46
21
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
118
107
73
36
132
119
88
48
Avg FPS
1080p High106118
1080p Ultra8397
1440p Ultra5972
4K Ultra3141
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8593
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
10851
Time Spy942511083
Solar Bayn/a50002
Port Royaln/a6458
Fire Strike2753527670
Night Raid103141100441
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
81739
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
118637
Background Blur148 frames/s191.8 frames/s
Face Detection89.5 frames/s115.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.52 Gpix/sec4.74 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.98 Gpix/sec6.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.11 Gpix/sec6.56 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.75 Gpix/sec1.3 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching295.8 Gpix/sec499.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10480.7 fps15858.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16372
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
18751
G2D Mark921908
DirectX 11117 fps157 fps
DirectX 1265 fps72 fps
GPU Compute7839 Ops/s8009 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
117.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
128.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)695.6 fps600.3 fps
Car Chase606.1 fps525.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.2 fps499.8 fps
T-Rex2407 fps2729 fps
ALU 23024.6 fps3179.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2299.8 fps283.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2576.43279.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 7, 2019 September, 20, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Turing
Codename Navi 10 TU104
Price 399 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1605 MHz 1515 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1905 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 2560 2944
TMUs 160 184
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores No 46
Tensor Cores No 368
L1 cache n/a 64 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 109 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 305 GTex/s 315 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.8 TFLOPS 10.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 225 W 215 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 251 mm² 545 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 13 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² 23.85 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
448 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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