AMD Radeon VII vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
30.5Rasterization33.7
20Ray Tracing26.3
65.4Memoryspec-based45.7
71.6Efficiencyspec-based76.5
44.4Compute46.5
7 spec wins — AMD Radeon VII4 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
InnoReviews verdict
This one is close to a dead heat: AMD Radeon VII scores 41.9 against 42.4 for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080. Pick by the categories that matter to you — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 edges ahead in Ray Tracing and rasterization, or by price.
Which would you pick?
Key differences
Reasons to pick the AMD Radeon VII
- 1500% higher Bus width: 4,096 bit vs 256 bit
- 129% higher bandwidth: 1,024 GB/s vs 448 GB/s
- 100% higher VRAM: 16 GB vs 8 GB
- 42% lower process: 7 nm vs 12 nm
- 30% higher Shading units: 3,840 vs 2,944
Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
- Stronger rasterization score: 34 vs 31
- Stronger Ray Tracing score: 26 vs 20
- 28% lower TDP: 215 W vs 300 W
- 24% higher 3DMark Time Spy: 11,072 vs 8,930
- 15% higher PassMark G3D: 18,574 vs 16,175
General
| Spec | AMD Radeon VII | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2019 | 2018 |
| Architecture | Vega | Turing |
| Process | 7 nm+42% | 12 nm |
| TDP | 300 W | 215 W+28% |
| Power connector | 2x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin + 1x 6-pin |
Cores & Clocks
| Spec | AMD Radeon VII | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 |
|---|---|---|
| Shading units | 3,840+30% | 2,944 |
| RT cores | — | 46 |
| Tensor / AI cores | — | 368 |
| Base clock | 1,450 MHz | 1,515 MHz+4% |
| Boost clock | 1,750 MHz+2% | 1,710 MHz |
Memory
| Spec | AMD Radeon VII | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 16 GB+100% | 8 GB |
| VRAM type | HBM2 | GDDR6 |
| Bus width | 4,096 bit+1500% | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 1,024 GB/s+129% | 448 GB/s |
Benchmarks
| Spec | AMD Radeon VII | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Time Spy | 8,930Bottom 39% | 11,072+24%Bottom 50% |
| 3DMark Speed Way | — | 2,185Bottom 29% |
| PassMark G3D | 16,175Bottom 43% | 18,574+15%Top 50% |
Features
| Spec | AMD Radeon VII | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 |
|---|---|---|
| Upscaling | — | DLSS 4 (no FG) |
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