AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
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
196
131
112
80
152
98
87
65
The Witcher 3
199
176
129
65
172
140
103
55
Counter-Strike 2
284
200
144
77
253
199
137
80
Far Cry 6
159
143
120
75
133
122
98
59
Hogwarts Legacy
116
98
76
41
101
83
64
34
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
164
117
79
126
117
88
56
Ghost of Tsushima
122
103
81
52
93
75
61
34
Cyberpunk 2077
132
117
77
34
109
95
63
27
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
204
191
144
73
174
156
116
63
Avg FPS
1080p High176146
1080p Ultra147121
1440p Ultra11191
4K Ultra6453
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
17610
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
14202
Time Spy1934014660
Solar Bay7838064266
Port Royal96909109
Fire Strike5302935668
Night Raid155564114857
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
138858
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
144745
Background Blur335.7 frames/s211 frames/s
Face Detection221.1 frames/s141.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.16 Gpix/sec6.24 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.96 Gpix/sec8.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.44 Gpix/sec9.22 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.31 Gpix/sec1.46 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching263 Gpix/sec627.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics14755 fps16980.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
24993
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
21611
G2D Mark1025928
DirectX 11264 fps190 fps
DirectX 12100 fps84 fps
GPU Compute13655 Ops/s10244 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
264.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
165.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1271.6 fps776.4 fps
Car Chase1173.9 fps675.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1067.6 fps655.7 fps
T-Rex4026.9 fps3193.1 fps
ALU 25306.3 fps4775.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2278.9 fps278.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation35674776.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 18, 2020 September, 27, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Codename Navi 21 TU102
Price 649 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1350 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 1545 MHz
Shader Units 4608 4352
TMUs 288 272
ROPs 128 88
Execution Units n/a 68
Ray Tracing Cores 72 68
Tensor Cores n/a 544
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 5632 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 288 Gpix/sec 136 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 648 GTex/s 420 GTex/s
FLOPS 20.7 TFLOPS 13.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 300 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 754 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 18 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 23.87 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
512 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
616 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

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