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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

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 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13789 vs 13327
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82601 vs 75593
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 21% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8562 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	13789 vs 13327
Geekbench - OpenCL	82601 vs 75593
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	8562 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 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 750 vs 583

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	750 vs 583
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

13789

13327

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

583

750

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

82601

75593

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

8562

7074

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	13789	13327
PassMark - G2D Mark	583	750
Geekbench - OpenCL	82601	75593
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	8562	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	136	199
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