AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Navi 21 | GM206 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Navi 21 XT (215-121000177) | GM206-300-A1 |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 7 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 26,800 million | 2,940 million |
| Die size | 520 mm² | 228 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Oct 28th, 2020 | Jan 22nd, 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| gpu.details.availability | Nov 18th, 2020 | — |
| Generation | Navi II | GeForce 900 |
| Predecessor | Navi | GeForce 700 |
| Production | Active | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 649 USD | 199 USD |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 57 in our database | 124 in our database |
| Successor | Navi III | GeForce 10 |
Clocks
| Base clock | 1825 MHz | 1127 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Game clock | 2015 MHz | — |
| Boost clock | 2250 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Memory clock | 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective | 1753 MHz 7 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 16 GB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s | 112.2 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 4608 | 1024 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 288 | 64 |
| ROPs | 128 | 32 |
| Compute units | 72 | — |
| RT cores | 72 | — |
| gpu.details.l0-cache | 32 KB per WGP | — |
| Cache L1 | 128 KB per Array | 48 KB (per SMM) |
| Cache L2 | 4 MB | 1024 KB |
| gpu.details.l3-cache | 128 MB | — |
| SMM count | — | 8 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 288.0 GPixel/s | 37.70 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 648.0 GTexel/s | 75.39 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 41.47 TFLOPS (2:1) | — |
| FP32 (float) performance | 20.74 TFLOPS | 2.413 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 1,296 GFLOPS (1:16) | 75.39 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 267 mm 10.5 inches | 241 mm 9.5 inches |
| Width | 120 mm 4.7 inches | — |
| Height | 50 mm 2 inches | — |
| TDP | 300 W | 120 W |
| Suggested PSU | 700 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI2x DisplayPort1x USB Type-C | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Part number | 102-D41205 | — |
| Board number | 109-D412A7 | PG301 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| CUDA | — | 5.2 |
