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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

AMD Radeon RX 580X

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 81% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13605 vs 7514
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 93962 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	13605 vs 7514
Geekbench - OpenCL	93962 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 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 652 vs 570
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	652 vs 570
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

13605

7514

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

570

652

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

93962

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	13605	7514
PassMark - G2D Mark	570	652
Geekbench - OpenCL	93962	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	8346

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	125	193
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