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| Game | GeForce RTX 2080 Ti SLI | Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse OC 2GB |
| Borderlands 3 | 72% | 51% |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 64% | 96% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 64% | 96% |
| Need For Speed Heat | 74% | 43% |
| eFootball PES 2020 | 82% | 3% |
| Remnant: From the Ashes | 75% | 33% |
| FIFA 20 | 86% | 24% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 60% | 118% |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 64% | 96% |
| Wolfenstein: Youngblood | 75% | 35% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti SLI are massively better than the AMD Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse OC 2GB.
The RTX 2080 Ti has a 175 MHz higher core clock speed and 208 more Texture Mapping Units than the RX 560. This results in the RTX 2080 Ti providing 292 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The RTX 2080 Ti has a 175 MHz higher core clock speed and 72 more Render Output Units than the RX 560. This results in the RTX 2080 Ti providing 100 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 RTX 2080 Ti was released over a year more recently than the RX 560, and so the RTX 2080 Ti is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the RX 560.
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 RTX 2080 Ti has 9216 MB more video memory than the RX 560, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the RTX 2080 Ti also has superior memory performance overall.
The RTX 2080 Ti has 504 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the RX 560, which means that the memory performance of the RTX 2080 Ti is massively better than the RX 560.
The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti SLI has 4352 Shader Processing Units and the Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse OC 2GB has 1024. However, the actual shader performance of the RTX 2080 Ti is 7116 and the actual shader performance of the RX 560 is 1306. The RTX 2080 Ti having 5810 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the RTX 2080 Ti delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the RX 560.
The RTX 2080 Ti transistor size technology is 2 nm (nanometers) smaller than the RX 560. This means that the RTX 2080 Ti is expected to run very slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the RX 560.
The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti SLI requires 260 Watts to run and the Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse OC 2GB requires 80 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 650 Watts for the RTX 2080 Ti and a PSU with at least 450 Watts for the RX 560. The RTX 2080 Ti requires 180 Watts more than the RX 560 to run. The difference is significant enough that the RTX 2080 Ti may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the RX 560.
| Core Speed | 1350 MHz |  | vs | 1175 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1635 MHz | | vs | 1275 MHz | |
| Architecture | Turing TU102-300A-K1-A1 | GCN 1.3 Baffin XT | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 20 Sep 2018 |  | vs | 18 Apr 2017 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
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| Comparison | |||||
| 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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vs | 8.7
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| 2560x1440 | 10
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vs | 6.3
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| 3840x2160 | 10
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vs | 4.8
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| Memory | 11264 MB | | vs | 2048 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz | | vs | | 1750 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 352 Bit | | vs | 128 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | | vs | GDDR5 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 616GB/sec | | vs | 112GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 6144 KB | |
vs | 1024 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | yes | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 4352 | | vs | 1024 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | 63% | |
| Technology | 12nm | | vs | 14nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 272 | | vs | 64 | |
| Texture Rate | 367.2 GTexel/s | | vs | 75.2 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 88 | | vs | 16 | |
| Pixel Rate | 118.8 GPixel/s | | vs | 18.8 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | 5120x2880 | |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | 1 | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 260 Watts | vs | | 80 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 650 Watts | vs | | 450 Watts | |
| DirectX | 12.1 | | vs | 12.0 | |
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| Shader Model | - | vs | - | ||
| Open GL | - | vs | | 4.5 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
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| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i7-8700K 6-Core 3.7GHz | - | |||
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | vs | | 8 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 3840x2160 | | vs | 1600x900 | |
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| Mini Review | Overview GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is the top RTX 20 Series graphics card and considered an Enthusiast graphics card based on the Turing architecture. Architecture The Turing architecture represents a process shrink down to 12nm compared to 14nm Pascal. The Turing architecture provides the world's first consumer support for real-time ray-tracing technology, or RTX. GPU It equips a GPU Codenamed TU102 which has 4352 Shader Processing Units, 272 TMUs and 88 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1350MHz and goes up to 1545MHz in Boost mode. It also has 544 Tensor Cores for AI purposes. Memory The GPU accesses an 11GB frame buffer of first-gen GDDR6 memory through a 352-bit memory interface, while the Memory clock operates at 1750MHz, or 14GHz effective. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 285W, it requires at least a 650W PSU with two 8-pin power connectors. System Suggestions GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840x2160. We recommend a top-End Processor and at least 16GB of RAM for optimal performance. | Overview Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse OC 2GB is an Middle-Class Graphics Card based on the 4th Generation of the Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture. GPU It equips a GPU Codenamed Polaris 21 which has 16 Compute Units activated and thus 1024 Shader Processing Units, 64 TMUs and 16 ROPs. It features a Boost overclock from 1275MHz to 1300MHz. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of Fast GDDR5, through a 128-bit memory interface, while the Memory Clock Operates at 1750MHz, 7GHz effective. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 80W, it requires at least a 450W PSU and relies entirely on the PCI Slot for Power, meaning no Extra Connectors are required. Performance This graphics card was designed and marketed towards the competitive MOBO gamers. A light weight, small form factor GPU solution that offers mobility, so that gamers travelling to events can bring a smaller cheaper gaming rig. The Radeon RX 560 2GB can play most modern games at medium graphics selection on a 900p screen res and expect around 45+FPS System Suggestions Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse OC 2GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 1600x900. Higher resolutions will be an issue due to the limited 2GB of VRAM.. We recommend a Performance Processor and 8GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | - | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | - | |||
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