MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio vs Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER AMD Radeon RX 6800
• GPU Chip
  TU104 Navi 21
• Execution units
  48 60
• Shader
  3072 3840
• Render Output Units
  64 96
• Texture Units
  192 240

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  1.938 GHz 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  496 GB/s 512 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.650 GHz 1.800 GHz+ 6 %
• Boost Clock
  1.815 GHz 2.170 GHz+ 3 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.950 GHz+ 7 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  250 W 250 W
• TDP (up)
  280 W 285 W
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm 3 x 90 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  1 x 90 mm --
• Noise (Load)
  0 dB 37 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 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 12_2
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes No
• LED
  MSI Mystic Light Addressable LED

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  328 mm 303 mm
• Height
  140 mm 127 mm
• Width
  57 mm 54 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  1531 g --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q4/2020
• Release price
  949 $ 679 $
• Structure size
  12 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  -- 11305-02-20G
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet