AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT $1,099
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 $799
5120 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2324MHz
2944 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1710MHz
FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
FP32
10.07 TFLOPS
FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
FP16
20.14 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.5-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
335W
TDP
215W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 170,545
56%
GB5 OpenCL 106,005
35%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 119,600
50%
GB5 Metal 167,895
93%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 117,795
57%
GB5 Vulkan 87,445
43%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 255
34%
OCT Metal 345
59%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
Turing
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
GeForce 20
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 KXTX
Codename
NV164
TU104
Variant
TU104-400A-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
5/10/2022
Release Date
9/20/2018
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
12FFN
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Die Size
545 mm²
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
13.6 Billion
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Transistor Density
24.95M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
5120 Shaders
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Shading Units
2944 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
184 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
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Tensor Cores
368 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
46 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
46 SMs
Compute Units
80 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
6 GPCs
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1925MHz Base
2324MHz
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1515MHz Base
1710MHz
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FP16
47.6 TFLOPS
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FP16
20.14 TFLOPS
80.55 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
23.8 TFLOPS
FP32
10.07 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.49 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.32 TFLOPS
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INT8
161.1 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
30.4 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
297.472 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
109.44 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
743.68 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
314.64 GTexel/s
L0
32KB/WGP
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L1
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128KB/Array
L1
32KB/SM Tex
64KB/SM
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L2
4MB Shared
L2
4MB Shared
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
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16GB
GDDR6
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8GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
576GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
448GB/s
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TDP
335W
TDP
215W
Temp
110°C Max
Temp
88°C Max
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2x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
1x USB-C + DP
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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1x USB-C + DP
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
VCN 3.0
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 3.0
Model
NVDEC 4
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.3
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Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
7.5
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
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3x Fans
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2x Fans
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.5
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way NVLink
Height
120 mm (4.72 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
50 mm (1.97 in)
Height
115.7 mm (4.56 in)
Width
266.7 mm (10.5 in)
Depth
35 mm (1.38 in)
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