MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G vs MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
• GPU Chip
  Navi 21 KXTX (RDNA 2) TU104
• Execution units
  80 48
• Shader
  5120 3072
• Render Output Units
  128 64
• Texture Units
  320 192

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  16 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  18 Gbps 1.938 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  576 GB/s 496 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.925 GHz 1.650 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.454 GHz+ 6 % 1.845 GHz+ 2 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.244 GHz+ 6 % 1.815 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  340 W+ 1 % 250 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 280 W
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  3 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm 2 x 100 mm
• Fan 2
  -- 1 x 90 mm
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- 0 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- 1

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 (Ultimate) 12_2
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes Yes
• LED
  MSI Mystic Light MSI Mystic Light

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  Decode No

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  325 mm 328 mm
• Height
  140 mm 140 mm
• Width
  55 mm 57 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1531 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio and MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q3/2019
• Release price
  -- 979 $
• Structure size
  7 nm 12 nm
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet