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

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AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

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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 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13984 vs 13732
Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 87094 vs 70174
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20718 vs 12106
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20718 vs 12106
Around 25% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8573 vs 6883

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	13984 vs 13732
Geekbench - OpenCL	87094 vs 70174
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20718 vs 12106
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20718 vs 12106
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8573 vs 6883

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 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 773 vs 609

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	773 vs 609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3354

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

13984

13732

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

609

773

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

87094

70174

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20718

12106

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3713

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20718

12106

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3713

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3356

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

8573

6883

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	13984	13732
PassMark - G2D Mark	609	773
Geekbench - OpenCL	87094	70174
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20718	12106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20718	12106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8573	6883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		191.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3544.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		181.465
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	58	55
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