NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 vs AMD Radeon RX 560

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 and AMD Radeon RX 560 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 39% higher core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 1090-1175 MHz
  • Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1200-1275 MHz
  • 2.9x more pipelines: 2944 vs 1024
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 7000 MHz
  • 5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18751 vs 3657
  • Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 908 vs 487
  • Around 82% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 105156 vs 57671
  • 5.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 326.494 vs 56.81
  • 5.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3938.377 vs 775.281
  • 6.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 31.684 vs 4.602
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 159.275 vs 64.428
  • 5.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1506.874 vs 257.062
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25500 vs 6571
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6966 vs 3688
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6293 vs 3352
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25500 vs 6571
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6966 vs 3688
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6293 vs 3352
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 September 2018 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed 1515 MHz vs 1090-1175 MHz
Boost clock speed 1710 MHz vs 1200-1275 MHz
Pipelines 2944 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 18751 vs 3657
PassMark - G2D Mark 908 vs 487
Geekbench - OpenCL 105156 vs 57671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 326.494 vs 56.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3938.377 vs 775.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 31.684 vs 4.602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 159.275 vs 64.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1506.874 vs 257.062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25500 vs 6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6966 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6293 vs 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25500 vs 6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6966 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6293 vs 3352

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560

  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 60-80 Watt vs 215 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1774 vs 1752
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60-80 Watt vs 215 Watt
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1774 vs 1752

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 560

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
18751
3657
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
908
487
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
105156
57671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
326.494
56.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3938.377
775.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31.684
4.602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
159.275
64.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1506.874
257.062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25500
6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6966
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6293
3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25500
6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6966
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6293
3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1752
1774
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 AMD Radeon RX 560
PassMark - G3D Mark 18751 3657
PassMark - G2D Mark 908 487
Geekbench - OpenCL 105156 57671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 326.494 56.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3938.377 775.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 31.684 4.602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 159.275 64.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1506.874 257.062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25500 6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6966 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6293 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25500 6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6966 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6293 3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1752 1774

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 AMD Radeon RX 560

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 4.0
Code name TU104 Polaris 21
Launch date 20 September 2018 18 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $99
Place in performance rating 104 522
Price now $749.99 $104.99
Type Desktop Desktop, Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 32.34 54.35
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1710 MHz 1200-1275 MHz
Core clock speed 1515 MHz 1090-1175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 2944 1024
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 215 Watt 60-80 Watt
Transistor count 13,600 million 3,000 million
Compute units 14/16
Floating-point performance 2.6 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate 20.40 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 896/1024
Texture fill rate 81.60 GTexel/s
Texture Units 64

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 267 mm 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin None
Bridgeless CrossFire
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)