NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile 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, 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), 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher core clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1138 MHz
  • Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1815 MHz vs 1301 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 8.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Launch date 23 July 2019 vs 1 June 2018
Core clock speed 1650 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Boost clock speed 1815 MHz vs 1301 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8917 vs 3716
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8917 vs 3716
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8917 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8917 vs 3716

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
8917
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark 19601
PassMark - G2D Mark 927
Geekbench - OpenCL 117477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4566.815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 31.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 190.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1654.321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 8917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 8917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name TU104 Vega 10
Launch date 23 July 2019 1 June 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Place in performance rating 109 135
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1815 MHz 1301 MHz
Core clock speed 1650 MHz 1138 MHz
CUDA cores 3072
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 89 C
Pipelines 3072
Render output units 64
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Port 1.4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays 4
Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.556” (115.7mm)
Length 10.5” (266.74mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 6 pin + 8 pin
Width 2-Slot
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 496 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR6

Technologies

Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready