NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
General info
Technical specs
Memory
Technologies
Benchmarks
Gaming
Conclusion
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General info
Comparison of GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and Radeon RX 6900 XT architecture, market type and release date.
Technical specs
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and Radeon RX 6900 XT's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and Radeon RX 6900 XT's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines
4352
5120
Core clock speed
1350 MHz
1825 MHz
Boost Clock
1545 MHz
2250 MHz
Transistor count
18,600 million
26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
300 Watt
Texture fill rate
420.2
720.0
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and Radeon RX 6900 XT 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
267 mm
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
2x 8-pin
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and Radeon RX 6900 XT: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
11 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
352 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
616.0 GB/s
512.0 GB/s
Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and Radeon RX 6900 XT. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI
+
+
G-SYNC support
+
-
Technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and Radeon RX 6900 XT. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
VR Ready
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API support
APIs supported by GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and Radeon RX 6900 XT, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
2.0
2.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2
CUDA
7.5
-
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and Radeon RX 6900 XT. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
RTX 2080 Ti
85.05
RX 6900 XT
97.78 +15%
Passmark
RTX 2080 Ti
21625
RX 6900 XT
24861 +15%
Gaming performance
Let's see how good GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and Radeon RX 6900 XT are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Wider memory bus (352 vs 256 bit)
Higher memory bandwidth (616 vs 512 GB/s)
Less power hungry (250 vs 300 watts)
DLSS
Raytracing
VR Ready
G-SYNC (removes screen tearing by telling the display when to renew the image. Only works with G-SYNC compatible displays)
Vulkan (a contemporary API for graphics acceleration, based on now-discontinued Mantle)
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
15% faster in synthetic tests
Much newer (28 October 2020 vs 27 August 2018)
Cheaper ($1806.00 USD vs $1848.00 USD)
More pipelines (5120 vs 4352)
Finer manufacturing process technology (7 vs 12 nm)
So, RTX 2080 Ti or RX 6900 XT?
Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, Technical City recommends AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT.
Should you still have questions on choice between GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and Radeon RX 6900 XT, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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