AMD Radeon Pro W5700X vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X

  • Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 69% higher boost clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 1095 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 12000 MHz
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1060 vs 529
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17591 vs 13084
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1243 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1855 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 12000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1060 vs 529
PassMark - G3D Mark 17591 vs 13084

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

  • Around 15% higher pipelines: 2944 vs 2560
  • Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 205 Watt
  • Around 92% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 83908 vs 43810
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 19139 vs 16573
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 19139 vs 16573
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8905 vs 3714
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8905 vs 3714
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8060 vs 3364
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8060 vs 3364
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2944 vs 2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 205 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 83908 vs 43810
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19139 vs 16573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19139 vs 16573
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8905 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8905 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8060 vs 3364
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8060 vs 3364

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5700X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
43810
83908
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16573
19139
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16573
19139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
8905
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
8905
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3364
8060
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3364
8060
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1060
529
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17591
13084
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5700X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL 43810 83908
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16573 19139
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16573 19139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 8905
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 8905
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3364 8060
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3364 8060
PassMark - G2D Mark 1060 529
PassMark - G3D Mark 17591 13084
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 297.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3676.805
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 22.75
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 162.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1116.69
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7823

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5700X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 Turing
Code name Navi 10 TU104B
Launch date Q3'2020 29 January 2019
Place in performance rating 149 148
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1855 MHz 1095 MHz
Compute units 40
Core clock speed 1243 MHz 735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 17.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 9.5 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2560 2944
Pixel fill rate 123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 277.9 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 205 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 10300 million 13,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x Thunderbolt 3, 1x HDMI No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 12 inches (305 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 12000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6