AMD Radeon RX 580G vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 580G

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580G

Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 215 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt vs 215 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1330 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 8000 MHz

Core clock speed	1515 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz vs 1330 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 8000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580G	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark - G3D Mark		18784
PassMark - G2D Mark		904
Geekbench - OpenCL		103974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		10935

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580G	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Turing
Code name	Polaris 20	TU104
Launch date	15 October 2018	20 September 2018
Place in performance rating	not rated	100
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$749.99
Value for money (0-100)		32.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1330 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	1515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	13,600 million
Pipelines		2944
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR6