Radeon RX 6900 XTX vs GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking138not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency30.66no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU104Navi 21
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date2 April 2020 (4 years ago)28 October 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores30725120
Core clock speed735 MHz2075 MHz
Boost clock speed1080 MHz2435 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt330 Watt
Texture fill rate207.4779.2
Floating-point processing power6.636 TFLOPS24.93 TFLOPS
ROPs64128
TMUs192320
Tensor Cores384no data
Ray Tracing Cores4880

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth352.0 GB/s576.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1401.3
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2020 28 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 330 Watt

RTX 2080 Super Max-Q has 312.5% lower power consumption.

RX 6900 XTX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and Radeon RX 6900 XTX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q is a notebook card while Radeon RX 6900 XTX is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
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AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTX
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