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Boost Clock
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $699
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MSRP in USD: $699
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Boost Clock
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $199
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MSRP in USD: $199
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Base Clock
Boost Clock
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Boost Clock
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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 6500 XT on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 2080 is 1217 days older than the cheaper Radeon RX 6500 XT.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
- Performs up to 52% better in Borderlands 3 than Radeon RX 6500 XT - 114 vs 75 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 8 vs 4 GB
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Up to 69% cheaper than GeForce RTX 2080 - $139.99 vs $454.96
- Up to 53% better value when playing Borderlands 3 than GeForce RTX 2080 - $1.87 vs $3.99 per FPS
- Consumes up to 50% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 - 107 vs 215 Watts
Borderlands 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
GeForce RTX 2080
Desktop • Sep 20th, 2018
FPS
114
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.99/FPS
46.8671679197995%
Price, $
$454.96
30%
FPS Winner
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
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Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
FPS
75
65.78947368421053%
Value, $/FPS
$1.87/FPS
100%
Price, $
$139.99
100%
Value Winner
Sapphire 11314-01-20G Pulse AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Gaming OC Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
GeForce RTX 2080
Desktop • Sep 20th, 2018
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 2080
Desktop • Sep 20th, 2018
Pixel Fillrate
109.4 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
314.6 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
82.3400365630713%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
57.27908455181182%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 20th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 19th, 2022 |
| GeForce 20 | Generation | Navi II |
| $699 | MSRP | $199 |
| 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 64-bit |
448 GB/s | Bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s |
| 1515 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 2310 MHz |
| 1710 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2815 MHz |
| 1750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2248 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce RTX 2080 or Radeon RX 6500 XT
Borderlands 3, 1920 x 1080, Badass
38 FPS
$22.37/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, 480 GB SSD
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53 FPS
$16.98/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 5 5600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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81 FPS
$46.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
Core i9-9900K
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$3,800.94
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48 FPS
$19.37/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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48 FPS
$16.04/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 5 5600G
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$769.99
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