Radeon RX Vega 5 vs GeForce GTX 1080

Place in performance ranking	94	616
Place by popularity	58	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	26.83	8.54
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code name	Pascal GP104	Vega
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	6 May 2016 (8 years ago)	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	no data
Current price	$241 (0.4x MSRP)	$287

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1080 has 214% better value for money than RX Vega 5.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2560	320
CUDA cores	2560	no data
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz	1400 MHz
Number of transistors	7,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	180 Watt	15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	277.3	no data
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1080 and Radeon RX Vega 5 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5X	no data
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	10 GB/s	no data
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI	no data
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12_1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1080 40.23
+761%

RX Vega 5 4.67

GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms Radeon RX Vega 5 by 761% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1080 29263
+728%

RX Vega 5 3535

GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms Radeon RX Vega 5 by 728% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1080 53598
+358%

RX Vega 5 11704

GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms Radeon RX Vega 5 by 358% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1080 21409
+778%

RX Vega 5 2438

GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms Radeon RX Vega 5 by 778% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1080 119971
+556%

RX Vega 5 18282

GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms Radeon RX Vega 5 by 556% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GTX 1080 421474
+228%

RX Vega 5 128628

GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms Radeon RX Vega 5 by 228% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 1080 269
+927%

RX Vega 5 26

GeForce GTX 1080 outperforms Radeon RX Vega 5 by 927% in Unigine Heaven 3.0.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	130 +584%	19 −584%
1440p	76 +850%	8−9 −850%
4K	61 +771%	7−8 −771%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

70−75

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	92	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70−75	no data
Battlefield 5	145	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	105	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75	no data
Far Cry 5	123	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	135	no data
Forza Horizon 4	140	no data
Hitman 3	80−85	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	201	no data
Metro Exodus	144	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	114	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	150−160	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	83	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70−75	no data
Battlefield 5	128	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	95	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75	no data
Far Cry 5	98	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	105	no data
Forza Horizon 4	291	no data
Hitman 3	80−85	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170	no data
Metro Exodus	119	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	108	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	150−160	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	74	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	63	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70−75	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	71	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75	no data
Far Cry 5	75	no data
Forza Horizon 4	112	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	121	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	150−160	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	81	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

105

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	89	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	90	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	49	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50 +800%	5−6 −800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	71	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35	no data
Far Cry 5	77	no data
Forza Horizon 4	93	no data
Hitman 3	50−55	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	92	no data
Metro Exodus	82	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	95−100 +880%	10−11 −880%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	43	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	39	no data
Hitman 3	30−35	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	32	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	56	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	33	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	29	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16	no data
Far Cry 5	27	no data
Forza Horizon 4	65	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	53	no data
Metro Exodus	47	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22	no data