Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Place in the ranking	44	586
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	22.12	no data
Power efficiency	15.47	27.62
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	TU102	Vega Renoir
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	20 September 2018 (6 years ago)	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	4352	384
Core clock speed	1350 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	18,600 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	420.2	no data
Floating-point processing power	13.45 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	88	no data
TMUs	272	no data
Tensor Cores	544	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	68	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	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	GDDR6	no data
Maximum RAM amount	11 GB	no data
Memory bus width	352 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	616.0 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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	no data
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12_1
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-
CUDA	7.5	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

RTX 2080 Ti 56.37
+833%

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 6.04

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.

RTX 2080 Ti 47166
+1020%

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 4210

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.

RTX 2080 Ti 20210
+624%

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 2793

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.

RTX 2080 Ti 165122
+655%

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 21857

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.

RTX 2080 Ti 521458
+186%

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 182608

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	166 +730%	20 −730%
1440p	122 +336%	28 −336%
4K	89 +345%	20 −345%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	6.02	no data
1440p	8.19	no data
4K	11.22	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

100−110
+864%

−864%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	125 +681%	16 −681%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	107 +1238%	8−9 −1238%
Battlefield 5	244 +1335%	16−18 −1335%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110 +664%	14 −664%
Cyberpunk 2077	100−110 +1078%	9 −1078%
Far Cry 5	163 +1064%	14−16 −1064%
Far Cry New Dawn	197 +994%	18−20 −994%
Forza Horizon 4	346 +744%	40−45 −744%
Hitman 3	161 +1364%	11 −1364%
Horizon Zero Dawn	285 +194%	97 −194%
Metro Exodus	144 +526%	23 −526%
Red Dead Redemption 2	106 +382%	22 −382%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	216 +882%	21−24 −882%
Watch Dogs: Legion	266 +329%	62 −329%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	181 +1031%	16−18 −1031%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	91 +1038%	8−9 −1038%
Battlefield 5	224 +1218%	16−18 −1218%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110 +792%	12 −792%
Cyberpunk 2077	100−110 +1667%	6 −1667%
Far Cry 5	132 +843%	14−16 −843%
Far Cry New Dawn	152 +744%	18−20 −744%
Forza Horizon 4	321 +683%	40−45 −683%
Hitman 3	156 +1100%	12−14 −1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	267 +266%	73 −266%
Metro Exodus	144 +747%	17 −747%
Red Dead Redemption 2	110−120 +707%	14 −707%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	220−230 +971%	21 −971%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	110−120 +485%	20−22 −485%
Watch Dogs: Legion	255 +410%	50 −410%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	82 +413%	16−18 −413%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	80 +900%	8−9 −900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	103 +692%	12−14 −692%
Cyberpunk 2077	100−110 +960%	10−11 −960%
Far Cry 5	91 +550%	14−16 −550%
Forza Horizon 4	168 +310%	40−45 −310%
Hitman 3	139 +969%	12−14 −969%
Horizon Zero Dawn	202 +1088%	17 −1088%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	220−230 +1150%	18 −1150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	135 +1127%	11 −1127%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90 +76.5%	50−55 −76.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

104
+643%

−643%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	166 +1283%	12−14 −1283%
Far Cry New Dawn	112 +1020%	10−11 −1020%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	72 +1100%	6−7 −1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	67 +6600%	1−2 −6600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	82 +1267%	6−7 −1267%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +1700%	3−4 −1700%
Far Cry 5	84 +1100%	7−8 −1100%
Forza Horizon 4	313 +1547%	18−20 −1547%
Hitman 3	100 +900%	10−11 −900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	162 +1057%	14−16 −1057%
Metro Exodus	98 +1533%	6−7 −1533%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 +7350%	2−3 −7350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	90−95 +1780%	5−6 −1780%
Watch Dogs: Legion	251 +528%	40−45 −528%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

105
+855%

10−12

−855%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	87 +1640%	5−6 −1640%
Far Cry New Dawn	66 +1550%	4−5 −1550%
Hitman 3	59 +2850%	2−3 −2850%
Horizon Zero Dawn	130 +1082%	11 −1082%
Metro Exodus	111 +3600%	3−4 −3600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	98 +3167%	3−4 −3167%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50 +1150%	4−5 −1150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	46 +1433%	3−4 −1433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	52 +1633%	3−4 −1633%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27	0−1
Far Cry 5	50 +1567%	3−4 −1567%
Forza Horizon 4	107 +1683%	6−7 −1683%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85 +8300%	1−2 −8300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	44 +2100%	2−3 −2100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

73
+943%

7−8

−943%

This is how RTX 2080 Ti and RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compete in popular games:

RTX 2080 Ti is 730% faster in 1080p
RTX 2080 Ti is 336% faster in 1440p
RTX 2080 Ti is 345% faster in 4K

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

in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2080 Ti is 8300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 2080 Ti surpassed RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in all 71 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	56.37	6.04
Recency	20 September 2018	7 January 2020
Chip lithography	12 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	15 Watt

RTX 2080 Ti has a 833.3% higher aggregate performance score.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 71.4% more advanced lithography process, and 1566.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook one.

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