AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

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Radeon RX 5700 XT compared with GeForce RTX 2080

	AMDRadeon RX 5700 XT	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2080
Overview
Released
Released	July 2019	September 2018
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	AMD	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	RDNA	Turing
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,560	2,944
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,905 MHz or 1,980 MHz	1,710 MHz or 1,800 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	40 compute units; 160 texture units and 64 ROPs; 10.3 billion transistors. Main figures and photo describe the standard reference card, pictured as MSI's RX 5700 XT 8G.	Main figures follow NVIDIA's reference specification. Founders Edition raises boost clock and board power. Photo shows MSI's stock-clocked RTX 2080 AERO 8G partner board, which uses a blower rather than the Founders Edition's dual axial fans.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	7 nm	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated ray accelerators	Dedicated first generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	–	Dedicated Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	–	NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	Standard edition 1605 MHz base and 1755 MHz game clock; 50th Anniversary edition 1680 MHz base, 1830 MHz game clock and 1980 MHz boost.	1515 MHz for both reference and Founders Edition
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit or –	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s or –	448 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	Standard edition 14 Gbps GDDR6. AMD's launch table confirms the Anniversary edition's 8 GB GDDR6 but does not publish its bus, bandwidth or board power; those configuration fields are omitted independently.	14 Gbps GDDR6
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	225 W or –	215 W or 225 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4 and 1 × HDMI 2.0b; up to 4 displays (MSI standard RX 5700 XT 8G). AMD lists DisplayPort 1.4a support.	Founders Edition supports DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b and USB-C/VirtualLink; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2. MSI AERO 8G has 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.0b and 1 × USB-C.
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 (MSI standard RX 5700 XT 8G)	7680 × 4320
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin and 1 × 6-pin (standard)	1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	600 W (standard)	650 W
Slot width
Slot width	–	2 slots (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	270 × 110 × 40 mm and 1110 g (MSI standard reference-design RX 5700 XT 8G)	266.74 × 115.7 mm (Founders Edition); 268 × 114 × 41 mm and 879 g (pictured MSI AERO 8G partner board)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	H.264 and H.265/HEVC encode and decode	Turing NVENC encoder