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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 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, 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1095 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • 24x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13147 vs 8137
  • Around 52% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 81953 vs 53806
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 297.996 vs 141.474
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3676.805 vs 3621.344
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 22.75 vs 13.132
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 162.692 vs 112.973
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1116.69 vs 799.933
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 19139 vs 10141
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8905 vs 3713
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 19139 vs 10141
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8905 vs 3713
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 January 2019 vs 26 April 2016
Boost clock speed 1095 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13147 vs 8137
Geekbench - OpenCL 81953 vs 53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 297.996 vs 141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3676.805 vs 3621.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 22.75 vs 13.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 162.692 vs 112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1116.69 vs 799.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19139 vs 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8905 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19139 vs 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8905 vs 3713

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Duo

  • 2.8x more pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 2944
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 745 vs 536
  • 4.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 38251 vs 8060
  • 4.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 38251 vs 8060
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2x 4096 vs 2944
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 745 vs 536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 38251 vs 8060
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 38251 vs 8060

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13147
8137
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
536
745
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
81953
53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
297.996
141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3676.805
3621.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.75
13.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
162.692
112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1116.69
799.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19139
10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8905
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8060
38251
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19139
10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8905
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8060
38251
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q AMD Radeon Pro Duo
PassMark - G3D Mark 13147 8137
PassMark - G2D Mark 536 745
Geekbench - OpenCL 81953 53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 297.996 141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3676.805 3621.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 22.75 13.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 162.692 112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1116.69 799.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19139 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8905 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8060 38251
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19139 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8905 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8060 38251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7988 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q AMD Radeon Pro Duo

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 3.0
Code name TU104B Capsaicin
Launch date 29 January 2019 26 April 2016
Place in performance rating 142 188
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 1095 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2944 2x 4096
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 13,600 million 8,900 million
Compute units 128
Floating-point performance 2x 8,192 gflops
Texture fill rate 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 277 mm
Supplementary power connectors 3x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 DirectX® 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Memory bus width 256 Bit 2x 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 500 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB / s

Technologies

AppAcceleration
CrossFire
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
ZeroCore