AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
• GPU Chip
  Navi 32 (RDNA 3) TU102
• Shader
  7680 4352
• Render Output Units
  138 88
• Texture Units
  480 272

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

• Memory Size
  16 GB 11 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  18 Gbps 1.75 GHz
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 352 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.800 GHz 1.350 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.800 GHz+ 12 % 1.755 GHz+ 14 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.600 GHz+ 30 % 1.545 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  300 W+ 20 % 300 W+ 20 %
• TDP (up)
  -- 350 W+ 9 %
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial-Radial
• Fan 1
  -- 1 x 120 mm
• Fan 2
  -- 1 x 65 mm
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling AIO water cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- 45 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1a 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v2.1 3x DP v1.4a
• 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
  No LED lighting 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 / Encode No

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

• Length
  -- 268 mm
• Height
  -- 114 mm
• Width
  -- 41 mm
• Width (Slots)
  -- 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1420 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  2023 Q3/2018
• Structure size
  5 nm 12 nm
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  -- data sheet