AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI

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Combined performance score

GTX 880M SLI
22.15
+144%

GeForce GTX 880M SLI outperforms Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 144% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking231443
Place by popularitynot in top-10039
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameN15E-GX-A2Vega
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 March 2014 (10 years old)7 January 2020 (4 years old)
Current price$3098 no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores3072512
Core clock speed954 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2100 MHz
Number of transistors2x 3540 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)206 Watt15 Watt

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 880M SLI and Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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.

Laptop sizelargeno data
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GBno data
Memory bus width2x 256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed5000 MHzno data
Shared memory--

Technologies

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

Optimus+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_0)12_1
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 880M SLI 22.15
+144%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 9.06

GeForce GTX 880M SLI outperforms Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 144% in our combined benchmark results.


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 880M SLI 36366
+62.1%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 22428

GeForce GTX 880M SLI outperforms Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 62% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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 880M SLI 15823
+168%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 5908

GeForce GTX 880M SLI outperforms Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 168% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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 880M SLI 11817
+215%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 3751

GeForce GTX 880M SLI outperforms Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 215% 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 880M SLI 77057
+184%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 27160

GeForce GTX 880M SLI outperforms Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 184% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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 HD74
+236%
22
−236%
1440p35−40
+119%
16
−119%
4K24−27
+140%
10
−140%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+89.5%
19
−89.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+137%
18−20
−137%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
+95%
20
−95%
Battlefield 5 70−75
+87.2%
39
−87.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 55−60
+132%
24−27
−132%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+157%
14
−157%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+164%
22
−164%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+119%
27
−119%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+134%
30−35
−134%
Hitman 3 65−70
+160%
25
−160%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+135%
20
−135%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+63.6%
22
−63.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+109%
23
−109%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+105%
21
−105%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+137%
18−20
−137%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
+144%
16
−144%
Battlefield 5 70−75
+121%
33
−121%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 55−60
+132%
24−27
−132%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+260%
10
−260%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+190%
20
−190%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+136%
25
−136%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+134%
30−35
−134%
Hitman 3 65−70
+210%
21
−210%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+194%
16
−194%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+125%
16
−125%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+200%
12
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+140%
20
−140%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+133%
21
−133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+153%
17
−153%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+137%
18−20
−137%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
+179%
14
−179%
Battlefield 5 70−75
+143%
30
−143%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+300%
9
−300%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+205%
19
−205%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+146%
24
−146%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+134%
30−35
−134%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+250%
14
−250%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+258%
12
−258%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+162%
12−14
−162%
Hitman 3 35−40
+140%
15
−140%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+142%
12
−142%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+120%
10
−120%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+142%
12
−142%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+200%
8−9
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+90.9%
11
−90.9%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+133%
21
−133%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+160%
5
−160%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+138%
16
−138%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+153%
17
−153%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+181%
16−18
−181%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+213%
8−9
−213%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+100%
8
−100%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%
Hitman 3 21−24
+163%
8−9
−163%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+117%
6
−117%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+150%
6
−150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+283%
6−7
−283%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Battlefield 5 24−27
+271%
7−8
−271%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+125%
8
−125%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+163%
8
−163%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+182%
10−12
−182%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%

This is how GTX 880M SLI and RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 880M SLI is 236% faster than RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

1440p resolution:

  • GTX 880M SLI is 119% faster than RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

4K resolution:

  • GTX 880M SLI is 140% faster than RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 880M SLI is 400% faster than the RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000).

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 880M SLI surpassed RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in all 68 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 22.15 9.06
Recency 12 March 2014 7 January 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 206 Watt 15 Watt

The GeForce GTX 880M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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