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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q and AMD Radeon Pro SSG 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • 6.3x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13147 vs 10972
  • Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 297.996 vs 170.923
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3676.805 vs 3178.443
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 22.75 vs 16.732
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 19139 vs 11029
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8905 vs 7766
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 19139 vs 11029
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8905 vs 7766
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 January 2019 vs 8 August 2017
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13147 vs 10972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 297.996 vs 170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3676.805 vs 3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 22.75 vs 16.732
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19139 vs 11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8905 vs 7766
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19139 vs 11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8905 vs 7766

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro SSG

  • Around 96% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1095 MHz
  • Around 39% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 2944
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 588 vs 536
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 173.59 vs 162.692
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1231.051 vs 1116.69
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1440 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Pipelines 4096 vs 2944
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 588 vs 536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 173.59 vs 162.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1231.051 vs 1116.69

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13147
10972
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
536
588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
297.996
170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3676.805
3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.75
16.732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
162.692
173.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1116.69
1231.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19139
11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8905
7766
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19139
11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8905
7766
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q AMD Radeon Pro SSG
PassMark - G3D Mark 13147 10972
PassMark - G2D Mark 536 588
Geekbench - OpenCL 81953
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 297.996 170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3676.805 3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 22.75 16.732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 162.692 173.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1116.69 1231.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19139 11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8905 7766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8060
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19139 11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8905 7766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8060
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7990

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q AMD Radeon Pro SSG

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name TU104B Vega 10
Launch date 29 January 2019 8 August 2017
Place in performance rating 142 158
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $6,999

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1095 MHz 1500 MHz
Core clock speed 735 MHz 1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 2944 4096
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 13,600 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 12,288 gflops
Texture fill rate 384.0 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 6x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Memory bus width 256 Bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 1890 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 483.8 GB / s