NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
7.5x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Launch date	29 January 2019 vs 1 June 2018
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Around 55% higher core clock speed: 1138 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1301 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1138 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1301 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8917 vs 8905
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8917 vs 8905

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8905

8917

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8905

8917

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark	12983
PassMark - G2D Mark	522
Geekbench - OpenCL	84332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	297.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3676.805
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	22.75
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	162.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1116.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	19139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8905	8917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8060
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	19139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8905	8917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8060
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7784

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 5.0
Code name	TU104B	Vega 10
Launch date	29 January 2019	1 June 2018
Place in performance rating	139	140
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1095 MHz	1301 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	1138 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	2944
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	13,600 million	12,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6