NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX 580X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 580X 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 207.4 GTexel/s vs 192.96 GTexel/s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2304
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 185 Watt
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13787 vs 7798
  • Around 98% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82601 vs 41822
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20344 vs 11616
  • Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8912 vs 4909
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20344 vs 11616
  • Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8912 vs 4909
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Apr 2020 vs 3 April 2018
Texture fill rate 207.4 GTexel/s vs 192.96 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3072 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 185 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13787 vs 7798
Geekbench - OpenCL 82601 vs 41822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20344 vs 11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912 vs 4909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20344 vs 11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912 vs 4909

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580X

  • Around 71% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 1080 MHz
  • 5.8x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 885 vs 582
  • 5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18294 vs 3355
  • 5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18294 vs 3355
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1257 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1340 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 885 vs 582
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 18294 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 18294 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13787
7798
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
582
885
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
82601
41822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20344
11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8912
4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
18294
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20344
11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8912
4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
18294
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q AMD Radeon RX 580X
PassMark - G3D Mark 13787 7798
PassMark - G2D Mark 582 885
Geekbench - OpenCL 82601 41822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20344 11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912 4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 18294
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20344 11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912 4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 18294
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8549

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q AMD Radeon RX 580X

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 4.0
Code name TU104B Polaris 20
Launch date 2 Apr 2020 3 April 2018
Place in performance rating 137 162
Type Laptop Desktop, Laptop
Design Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation 4th Gen

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1080 MHz 1340 MHz
Core clock speed 735 MHz 1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 207.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 13.27 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 6.636 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3072 2304
Pixel fill rate 69.12 GPixel/s 42.88 GP/s
Texture fill rate 207.4 GTexel/s 192.96 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 185 Watt
Transistor count 13600 million 5,700 million
Compute units 36
Floating-point performance 6.2 TFLOPs
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture Units 144

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot
Length 241 mm

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenCL 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 352.0 GB/s 256 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective) 8000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
VR Ready