AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
213
142
118
87
133
82
74
53
The Witcher 3
208
183
139
72
150
124
88
49
Counter-Strike 2
302
208
149
81
220
166
118
65
Far Cry 6
172
148
133
83
115
102
83
48
Hogwarts Legacy
130
105
83
46
86
68
51
28
COD Modern Warfare 3
183
177
130
84
106
96
68
45
Ghost of Tsushima
131
111
91
55
80
66
48
26
Cyberpunk 2077
148
129
87
42
92
79
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
225
205
156
82
141
127
94
51
Avg FPS
1080p High190125
1080p Ultra156101
1440p Ultra12175
4K Ultra7043
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
11528
Time Spy2078111623
Solar Bay8674152230
Port Royal105197001
Fire Strike5732328771
Night Raid159759107853
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
122905
Background Blur231.6 frames/s197.1 frames/s
Face Detection152.5 frames/s110.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.26 Gpix/sec5.03 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.75 Gpix/sec6.5 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.87 Gpix/sec7.05 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.12 Gpix/sec1.28 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching618.7 Gpix/sec576.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17973.9 fps15732.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
19515
G2D Mark1051921
DirectX 11278 fps164 fps
DirectX 12113 fps75 fps
GPU Compute14962 Ops/s8363 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
130.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1379.6 fps636.8 fps
Car Chase1317.5 fps560.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1205.3 fps518.5 fps
T-Rex4360 fps2788.7 fps
ALU 26645 fps3207.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2325.2 fps275.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3954.83375.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 8, 2020 July, 23, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Codename Navi 21 TU104
Price 999 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1650 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 1815 MHz
Shader Units 5120 3072
TMUs 320 192
ROPs 128 64
Execution Units n/a 48
Ray Tracing Cores 80 48
Tensor Cores n/a 384
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 288 Gpix/sec 116 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 720 GTex/s 348 GTex/s
FLOPS 23 TFLOPS 11.2 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 545 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 13 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 23.85 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1937 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 15500 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
512 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
495.9 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

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