NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 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, 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, 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).

 

Differences

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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 506.3x more texture fill rate: 207.4 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13605 vs 13013
  • Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 93962 vs 75767
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20344 vs 12980
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8912 vs 3718
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20344 vs 12980
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8912 vs 3718
  • Around 18% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8346 vs 7074
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Apr 2020 vs 27 June 2017
Texture fill rate 207.4 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13605 vs 13013
Geekbench - OpenCL 93962 vs 75767
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20344 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20344 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912 vs 3718
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8346 vs 7074

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

  • Around 88% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1080 MHz
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3072
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 37% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 742 vs 570
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1382 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Pipelines 4096 vs 3072
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 742 vs 570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13605
13013
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
570
742
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
93962
75767
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20344
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8912
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20344
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8912
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8346
7074
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 13605 13013
PassMark - G2D Mark 570 742
Geekbench - OpenCL 93962 75767
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20344 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20344 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8346 7074
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name TU104B Vega 10
Launch date 2 Apr 2020 27 June 2017
Place in performance rating 125 189
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Price now $999.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.37

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1080 MHz 1600 MHz
Core clock speed 735 MHz 1382 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 4096
Pixel fill rate 69.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 207.4 GTexel/s 409.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 13600 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops

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
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Width Dual-slot
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 352.0 GB/s 483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective) 1890 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2