Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | Radeon RX 5950 XT | GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward Blower 8GB |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 43% | 42% |
| Hitman 3 | 26% | 24% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 48% | 47% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 43% | 42% |
| FIFA 21 | 71% | 71% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 20% | 18% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 50% | 49% |
| The Medium | 29% | 28% |
| Genshin Impact | 43% | 42% |
| Far Cry 6 | 18% | 16% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Radeon RX 5950 XT are marginally better than the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward Blower 8GB.
The RX 5950 XT has a 90 MHz higher core clock speed than the RTX 2080, but the RTX 2080 has 24 more Texture Mapping Units than the RX 5950 XT. As a result, the RTX 2080 exhibits a 22 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the RX 5950 XT. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The RX 5950 XT has a 90 MHz higher core clock speed than the RTX 2080 and the same number of Render Output Units. This results in the RX 5950 XT providing 5.7 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The RX 5950 XT was released over a year more recently than the RTX 2080, and so the RX 5950 XT is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the RTX 2080.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The Radeon RX 5950 XT and the GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward Blower 8GB have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The memory bandwidth of the Radeon RX 5950 XT and the GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward Blower 8GB are the same, which means the RX 5950 XT and the RTX 2080 have equal limitations when it comes to graphical data transfer.
The Radeon RX 5950 XT has 2560 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward Blower 8GB has 2944. However, the actual shader performance of the RX 5950 XT is 3170 and the actual shader performance of the RTX 2080 is 5034. The RTX 2080 having 1864 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the RTX 2080 delivers a marginally smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the RX 5950 XT.
The RX 5950 XT transistor size technology is 5 nm (nanometers) smaller than the RTX 2080. This means that the RX 5950 XT is expected to run very slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the RTX 2080.
The Radeon RX 5950 XT requires 225 Watts to run and the GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward Blower 8GB requires 215 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 600 Watts for the RX 5950 XT and a PSU with at least 650 Watts for the RTX 2080. The RX 5950 XT requires 10 Watts more than the RTX 2080 to run. The difference is not significant enough for the RX 5950 XT to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the RTX 2080.
| Core Speed | 1605 MHz |  | vs | 1515 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1905 MHz | | vs | 1710 MHz | |
| Architecture | Navi 10 XL | Turing TU104-400A-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 30 Apr 2020 |  | vs | 20 Sep 2018 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
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| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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10
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| 2560x1440 | 10
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10
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| 3840x2160 | 8
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| Memory | 8192 MB | | vs | | 8192 MB |
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| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz | | vs | | 1750 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 256 Bit | | vs | | 256 Bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | | vs | | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 448GB/sec | | vs | | 448GB/sec |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | |
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0 KB |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 2560 | vs | | 2944 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 7nm | | vs | 12nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 160 | vs | | 184 | |
| Texture Rate | 256.8 GTexel/s | vs | | 278.8 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 64 | | vs | | 64 |
| Pixel Rate | 102.7 GPixel/s | | vs | 97 GPixel/s | |
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| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | | 7680x4320 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | | 3 |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 225 Watts | vs | | 215 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 600 Watts & 42 Amps | | vs | 650 Watts | |
| DirectX | 12 | vs | | 12.1 | |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | vs | | 6.1 | |
| Open GL | 4.5 | vs | | 4.6 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
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| Recommended Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | vs | | Intel Core i7-8700K 6-Core 3.7GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | | vs | | 16 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 3840x2160 | | vs | | 3840x2160 |
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| Mini Review | Overview The Radeon RX 5950 XT is an Enthusiast gaming Graphics Card based on the first (1.0) Revision of the RDNA 2 Architecture. These specs are yet to be confirmed. Architecture The Big Navi 10 XL GPU offers support for GDDR6 Memory, DirectX 12.0, Vulkan 1.0, and OpenGL 4.5. This variant of the Big Navi 10 XL GPU features 40 Compute Units activated, offering XX Shader Processing Units, XX TMUs and XX ROPs. The GPU features a XX MHz base clock speed and up to XX MHz with boost clock, making it an estimated XX% faster than a Radeon RX Vega 64. This puts its predicted performance roughly in line with the GeForce RTX 2080. GPU The Central Unit is clocked at XX MHz, rising to XX MHz with boost clock enabled. Memory: Speed The GPU is equipped with high-speed GDDR6 and accesses the Frame Buffer through a 256-bit memory interface, providing total memory bandwidth of XX GB/s. Memory: Frame Buffer The GPU can fill up a Memory Pool of up to XXGB. Under most circumstances, this only proves useful in certain 3D Games whose Settings Require Large Amounts of Memory. However,the GPU itself is aimed for 4K Gaming, In some limited scenarios, XXGB might be a bottleneck and Performance could be better were the Frame Buffer larger, however this would only be an issue in the most demanding games. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 225W, it requires at least a 600W PSU with one available 8+6-pin connector. Performance AMD Radeon RX 5950 XT competes with GeForce RTX 2070 8GB, which is available for $599. Specs currently available suggest the AMD Radeon RX 5950 XT performance should be in the same region as the GeForce RTX 2070. System Suggestions AMD Radeon RX 5950 XT is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840 x2160 (4K). For the most demanding AAA games it should be ideally suited to 4K. We recommend a Very Strong Processor and at least 16GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | Overview The GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward Blower 8GB is a High-End Graphics Card based on the Turing Architecture and is suitable for 1440p or 4K gaming. This is a dual-slot graphics card with a basic blower fan design. This video card has poor overclocking potential. Architecture It equips a Turing GPU Codenamed TU104. More specifically, it uses the TU104-400-A1 variant which means factor overclocks are not permitted. This is a First Gen Turing GPU and has 20 SM activated, offering 2944 Shader Processing Units, 184 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The Turing architecture provides the world's first consumer support for real-time ray-tracing (RTX) technology. It also has 368 Tensor Cores for AI purposes. GPU The central unit runs at 1515MHz and goes up to 1710MHz in Turbo Mode, the same as the reference specs and 5% slower clock speeds than the Founders Edition. Memory The GPU accesses an 8GB frame buffer of Second Gen GDDR6 through a 256-bit memory interface, while the Memory Clock Operates at 1750MHz, or 14GHz effective. Total memory bandwidth is 448 Gb/s. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 215W, it requires at least a 650W PSU with available 8-pin + 6-pin power connector. Performance The performance of the GeForce RTX 2080 is slightly faster than the GTX 1080 Ti, making it a suitable graphics card for 4K gaming. System Suggestions GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward Phoenix 8GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840x2160. We recommend a High-End Processor and 16GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | ||||
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