AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) 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 Vega Frontier Edition

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1582 MHz
  • Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 409.6 GTexel / s vs 354.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 14% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3584
  • Around 16% better floating-point performance: 13,107 gflops vs 11,340 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 45% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 11 GB
  • Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 76030 vs 67645
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3611.018 vs 2406.499
  • 7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 181.113 vs 25.833
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1373.944 vs 1002.573
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 June 2017 vs 10 March 2017
Boost clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1582 MHz
Texture fill rate 409.6 GTexel / s vs 354.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 4096 vs 3584
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops vs 11,340 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 11 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 76030 vs 67645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018 vs 2406.499
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113 vs 25.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944 vs 1002.573
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3716

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1481 MHz vs 1382 MHz
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 5.8x more memory clock speed: 11008 MHz vs 1890 MHz
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18566 vs 13226
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 934 vs 748
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 205.837 vs 190.25
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 19.591 vs 17.789
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15019 vs 12980
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15019 vs 12980
  • Around 40% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9874 vs 7074
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1481 MHz vs 1382 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 11008 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 18566 vs 13226
PassMark - G2D Mark 934 vs 748
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 205.837 vs 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 19.591 vs 17.789
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15019 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15019 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9874 vs 7074

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13226
18566
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
748
934
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
76030
67645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
190.25
205.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3611.018
2406.499
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17.789
19.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
181.113
25.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1373.944
1002.573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12980
15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12980
15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
7074
9874
Name AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
PassMark - G3D Mark 13226 18566
PassMark - G2D Mark 748 934
Geekbench - OpenCL 76030 67645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.25 205.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018 2406.499
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.789 19.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113 25.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944 1002.573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12980 15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12980 15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7074 9874

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Pascal
Code name Vega 10 GP102
Launch date 27 June 2017 10 March 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $699
Place in performance rating 209 206
Price now $999.99 $826.98
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 14.37 27.48

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1600 MHz 1582 MHz
Core clock speed 1382 MHz 1481 MHz
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops 11,340 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Pipelines 4096 3584
Texture fill rate 409.6 GTexel / s 354.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 11,800 million
Maximum GPU temperature 91 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 11 GB
Memory bandwidth 483.8 GB / s 484.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit 352 Bit
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz 11008 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5X
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
HDMI 2.0b
PCIe 3.0
SLI
Virtual Reality