GeForce RTX 2070 vs Radeon RX 6800S Laptop
The Radeon RX 6800S Laptop is dramatically faster than the GeForce RTX 2070, leading by roughly 47% in our performance index.
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Radeon RX 6800S Laptop vs GeForce RTX 2070: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Radeon RX 6800S Laptop vs GeForce RTX 2070
The Radeon RX 6800S Laptop is dramatically faster, around 47% ahead of the GeForce RTX 2070. Both cards sit in the same broad class, well suited to 1080p.
Power & Efficiency
The Radeon RX 6800S Laptop draws just 100W versus 175W for the GeForce RTX 2070, and it also delivers more performance per watt — so it runs cooler and quieter and needs less PSU headroom. Its more modern RDNA 2 architecture on a TSMC N6 process is part of why it does more with each watt.
Generation & Longevity
The Radeon RX 6800S Laptop is roughly 4 years newer than the GeForce RTX 2070 (RDNA 2 vs Turing), so it generally benefits from a more modern architecture and longer driver-support runway.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the GeForce RTX 2070 brings NVIDIA DLSS upscaling/frame generation and stronger ray tracing, while the Radeon RX 6800S Laptop offers AMD FSR upscaling and strong rasterization value. If you lean on upscaling or ray tracing, that ecosystem difference can matter as much as the frame-rate gap.
Which should you buy: GeForce RTX 2070 or Radeon RX 6800S Laptop?
The Radeon RX 6800S Laptop is the faster card by about 47%. Since one of these is a laptop GPU, its listed price covers the whole system rather than just the chip, so it isn't directly comparable — base your decision on the spec differences above.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Technical Specifications Comparison
Architecture & Cores
| Specification | GeForce RTX 2070 | Radeon RX 6800S Laptop |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Turing | RDNA 2 |
| Process Node | TSMC 12nm | TSMC N6 |
| CUDA Cores (CUDA Cores / Stream Processors) | 2,304✓ | 2,048 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 36✓ | 32 |
| Tensor / AI Cores | 288✓ | 64 |
Clock Speeds
| Specification | GeForce RTX 2070 | Radeon RX 6800S Laptop |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 1,410 MHz | 1,800 MHz✓ |
| Boost Clock | 1,620 MHz | 1,975 MHz✓ |
Memory
| Specification | GeForce RTX 2070 | Radeon RX 6800S Laptop |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM Capacity | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit✓ | 128-bit |
| Memory Speed | 14 Gbps | 16 Gbps✓ |
| Bandwidth | 448 GB/s✓ | 256 GB/s |
Connectivity & Power
| Specification | GeForce RTX 2070 | Radeon RX 6800S Laptop |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| TDP | 175 W | 100 W✓ |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | None |
| Released | Oct 2018 | Jan 2022 |