AMD Radeon RX 5900 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rating	19	not rated
Value for money	52.77	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Turing TU102	Navi 21
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	27 August 2018 (4 years old)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data
Current price	$424 (0.4x MSRP)	$391

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	4352	4096
Core clock speed	1350 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	1635 MHz
Number of transistors	18,600 million	21,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	7 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	270 Watt	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	420.2	418.6

Dimensions and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 8-pin

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	11 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	352 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	616.0 GB/s	672.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

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no data

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data
CUDA	7.5	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Memory bus width	352	384
Pipelines / CUDA cores	4352	4096
Memory bandwidth	616	672
Chip lithography	12 nm	7 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	270 Watt	300 Watt

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