AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6600, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 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
140
81
66
45
125
80
68
50
The Witcher 3
125
108
74
38
143
118
86
47
Counter-Strike 2
202
142
96
52
207
155
118
62
Far Cry 6
110
98
73
42
110
99
79
46
Hogwarts Legacy
76
62
47
22
80
68
52
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
103
95
66
42
98
92
64
41
Ghost of Tsushima
80
63
45
23
77
61
44
27
Cyberpunk 2077
80
71
42
18
86
79
46
21
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
137
118
85
39
132
119
88
48
Avg FPS
1080p High117118
1080p Ultra9397
1440p Ultra6672
4K Ultra3641
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
10197
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
10851
Time Spy1042311083
Solar Bay4497350002
Port Royal58206458
Fire Strike2647827670
Night Raid98514100441
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
58048
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
118637
Background Blur104.1 frames/s191.8 frames/s
Face Detection79.7 frames/s115.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.05 Gpix/sec4.74 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/sec6.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.59 Gpix/sec6.56 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.64 Gpix/sec1.3 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching257.8 Gpix/sec499.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7635.3 fps15858.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600
15100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
18751
G2D Mark881908
DirectX 11152 fps157 fps
DirectX 1251 fps72 fps
GPU Compute6706 Ops/s8009 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600
96.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
128.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)567.8 fps600.3 fps
Car Chasen/a525.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)427.9 fps499.8 fps
T-Rex1906.1 fps2729 fps
ALU 22284.3 fps3179.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2600 fps283.6 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a3279.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 13, 2021 September, 20, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Codename Navi 23 TU104
Price 329 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1626 MHz 1515 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2491 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 1792 2944
TMUs 112 184
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores 28 46
Tensor Cores No 368
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 159 Gpix/sec 109 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 279 GTex/s 315 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 10.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 132 W 215 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 545 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 13 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 23.85 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 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 6600
224 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 Yes 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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