AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 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, Technologies. 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1546 MHz vs 1468 MHz
  • 1685x more texture fill rate: 395.80 GTexel/s vs 234.9 GTexel / s
  • 3.2x more pipelines: 8192 vs 2560
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14165 vs 11415
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 794 vs 716
  • 4.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 204168 vs 48090
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 August 2017 vs 27 June 2017
Boost clock speed 1546 MHz vs 1468 MHz
Texture fill rate 395.80 GTexel/s vs 234.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines 8192 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 14165 vs 11415
PassMark - G2D Mark 794 vs 716
Geekbench - OpenCL 204168 vs 48090

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 1247 MHz
  • 591.8x better floating-point performance: 7,516 gflops vs 12.7 TFLOPs
  • Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 295 Watt
  • 5.3x more memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 1890 MHz
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17105 vs 14744
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5581 vs 3717
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17105 vs 14744
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5581 vs 3717
  • 3.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6008 vs 1669
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1290 MHz vs 1247 MHz
Floating-point performance 7,516 gflops vs 12.7 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 295 Watt
Memory clock speed 10008 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17105 vs 14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5581 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17105 vs 14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5581 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6008 vs 1669

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
14165
11415
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
794
716
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
204168
48090
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14744
17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14744
17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1669
6008
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 14165 11415
PassMark - G2D Mark 794 716
Geekbench - OpenCL 204168 48090
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 195.478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2129.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 129.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1328.033
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14744 17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14744 17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1669 6008

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Pascal
Code name Vega 10 GP104
Design Radeon RX Vega Series
Launch date 7 August 2017 27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Place in performance rating 184 181
Price now $449.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 41.07

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1546 MHz 1468 MHz
Compute units 64
Core clock speed 1247 MHz 1290 MHz
Floating-point performance 12.7 TFLOPs 7,516 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 840 GFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 26.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.4 TFLOPs
Pipelines 8192 2560
Pixel fill rate 98.90 GP/s
Render output units 64
Stream Processors 4096
Texture fill rate 395.80 GTexel/s 234.9 GTexel / s
Texture Units 256
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 295 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 7,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 279 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 483.8 GB/s 320.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz 10008 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5X
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection