NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon Pro Duo

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q and AMD Radeon Pro Duo 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, 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, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

AMD Radeon Pro Duo

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 1468 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 350 Watt
20x more memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11370 vs 8183
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17105 vs 10141
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5581 vs 3713
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17105 vs 10141
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5581 vs 3713

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 26 April 2016
Boost clock speed	1468 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	11370 vs 8183
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17105 vs 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5581 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17105 vs 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5581 vs 3713

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Duo

9.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 234.9 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 2560
2.2x better floating-point performance: 2x 8,192 gflops vs 7,516 gflops
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 780 vs 717
Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 56040 vs 48090
11.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 38251 vs 3360
11.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 38251 vs 3360

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 234.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 4096 vs 2560
Floating-point performance	2x 8,192 gflops vs 7,516 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	780 vs 717
Geekbench - OpenCL	56040 vs 48090
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	38251 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	38251 vs 3360

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Duo

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11370

8183

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

717

780

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

48090

56040

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17105

10141

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5581

3713

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

38251

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17105

10141

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5581

3713

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

38251

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q	AMD Radeon Pro Duo
PassMark - G3D Mark	11370	8183
PassMark - G2D Mark	717	780
Geekbench - OpenCL	48090	56040
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17105	10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5581	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	38251
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17105	10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5581	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	38251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6008	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3621.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		13.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		799.933

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q	AMD Radeon Pro Duo
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 3.0
Code name	GP104	Capsaicin
Launch date	27 June 2017	26 April 2016
Place in performance rating	191	192
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Design		reference
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,499
Price now		$849
Value for money (0-100)		17.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1468 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz
Floating-point performance	7,516 gflops	2x 8,192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	2x 4096
Texture fill rate	234.9 GTexel / s	2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	8,900 million
Compute units		128
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
DisplayPort support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	3x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		277 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	DirectX® 12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.3 GB / s	512 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
ZeroCore