NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX Vega

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX Vega 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) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 6x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13147 vs 12297
  • Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 81953 vs 67658
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 297.996 vs 205.049
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 22.75 vs 18.022
  • 9.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 19139 vs 2094
  • 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8905 vs 2391
  • 9.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 19139 vs 2094
  • 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8905 vs 2391
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 January 2019 vs 1 April 2017
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13147 vs 12297
Geekbench - OpenCL 81953 vs 67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 297.996 vs 205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 22.75 vs 18.022
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19139 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8905 vs 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19139 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8905 vs 2391

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

  • Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1095 MHz
  • Around 39% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 2944
  • Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 882 vs 536
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4007.96 vs 3676.805
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 215.8 vs 162.692
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1292.989 vs 1116.69
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8455 vs 8060
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8455 vs 8060
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Pipelines 4096 vs 2944
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 882 vs 536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4007.96 vs 3676.805
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.8 vs 162.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1292.989 vs 1116.69
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8455 vs 8060
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8455 vs 8060

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13147
12297
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
536
882
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
81953
67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
297.996
205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3676.805
4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.75
18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
162.692
215.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1116.69
1292.989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19139
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8905
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8060
8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19139
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8905
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8060
8455
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q AMD Radeon RX Vega
PassMark - G3D Mark 13147 12297
PassMark - G2D Mark 536 882
Geekbench - OpenCL 81953 67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 297.996 205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3676.805 4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 22.75 18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 162.692 215.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1116.69 1292.989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19139 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8905 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8060 8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19139 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8905 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8060 8455
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7990

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q AMD Radeon RX Vega

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.3
Code name TU104B Greenland
Launch date 29 January 2019 1 April 2017
Place in performance rating 142 238
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $599.99
Price now $409.99
Value for money (0-100) 38.94

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1095 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 735 MHz 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 2944 4096
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 13,600 million
Floating-point performance 9,830 gflops
Texture fill rate 307.2 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

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
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Memory bus width 256 Bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB / s