GeForce RTX 3080 vs Radeon Pro Vega 48

Place in performance ranking	178	22
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	26.49	23.57
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Vega 10	Ampere GA102
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	19 March 2019 (5 years ago)	16 September 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$699
Current price	$671	$823 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro Vega 48 has 12% better value for money than RTX 3080.

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	3072	8704
Core clock speed	1200 MHz	1450 MHz
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1710 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	320 Watt
Texture fill rate	249.6	465.1

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon Pro Vega 48 and GeForce RTX 3080 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.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	285 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin

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	HBM2	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	10 GB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	1572 MHz	19000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	402.4 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.125	1.2
CUDA	no data	8.5

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.

Pro Vega 48 29.26

RTX 3080 65.47
+124%

GeForce RTX 3080 outperforms Radeon Pro Vega 48 by 124% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Pro Vega 48 11299

RTX 3080 25283
+124%

GeForce RTX 3080 outperforms Radeon Pro Vega 48 by 124% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Pro Vega 48 53518

RTX 3080 167759
+213%

GeForce RTX 3080 outperforms Radeon Pro Vega 48 by 213% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pro Vega 48 57715

RTX 3080 146497
+154%

GeForce RTX 3080 outperforms Radeon Pro Vega 48 by 154% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

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	70−75 −133%	163 +133%
1440p	55−60 −125%	124 +125%
4K	35−40 −140%	84 +140%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

120−130

−122%

280−290
+122%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−110 −119%	230−240 +119%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	111 −116%	240−250 +116%
Battlefield 5	200−210 −115%	450−500 +115%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −116%	250−260 +116%
Cyberpunk 2077	138 −117%	300−310 +117%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −117%	250−260 +117%
Far Cry New Dawn	150−160 −120%	350−400 +120%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 −116%	450−500 +116%
Hitman 3	116 −116%	250−260 +116%
Horizon Zero Dawn	272 −121%	600−650 +121%
Metro Exodus	144 −108%	300−310 +108%
Red Dead Redemption 2	131 −121%	290−300 +121%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	383 −122%	850−900 +122%
Watch Dogs: Legion	134 −116%	290−300 +116%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−110 −119%	230−240 +119%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	96 −119%	210−220 +119%
Battlefield 5	200−210 −115%	450−500 +115%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −116%	250−260 +116%
Cyberpunk 2077	134 −116%	290−300 +116%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −117%	250−260 +117%
Far Cry New Dawn	150−160 −120%	350−400 +120%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 −116%	450−500 +116%
Hitman 3	99 −122%	220−230 +122%
Horizon Zero Dawn	270−280 −117%	600−650 +117%
Metro Exodus	134 −116%	290−300 +116%
Red Dead Redemption 2	130 −123%	290−300 +123%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	326 −115%	700−750 +115%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	303 −115%	650−700 +115%
Watch Dogs: Legion	238 −110%	500−550 +110%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−110 −119%	230−240 +119%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	88 −116%	190−200 +116%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −116%	250−260 +116%
Cyberpunk 2077	131 −121%	290−300 +121%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −117%	250−260 +117%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 −116%	450−500 +116%
Horizon Zero Dawn	182 −120%	400−450 +120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	287 −109%	600−650 +109%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	149 −101%	300−310 +101%
Watch Dogs: Legion	101 −118%	220−230 +118%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

131

−121%

290−300
+121%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	150−160 −98.7%	300−310 +98.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	144 −108%	300−310 +108%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 −124%	170−180 +124%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	76 −124%	170−180 +124%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110 −116%	220−230 +116%
Cyberpunk 2077	86 −121%	190−200 +121%
Far Cry 5	135 −122%	300−310 +122%
Forza Horizon 4	150−160 −94.8%	300−310 +94.8%
Hitman 3	112 −123%	250−260 +123%
Horizon Zero Dawn	151 −98.7%	300−310 +98.7%
Metro Exodus	107 −115%	230−240 +115%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	219 −105%	450−500 +105%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	110−120 −116%	250−260 +116%
Watch Dogs: Legion	81 −122%	180−190 +122%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

130

−123%

290−300
+123%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 −115%	170−180 +115%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 −115%	140−150 +115%
Hitman 3	57 −111%	120−130 +111%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 −114%	210−220 +114%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	86 −121%	190−200 +121%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	115 −117%	250−260 +117%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 −108%	110−120 +108%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	52 −112%	110−120 +112%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −108%	100−105 +108%
Cyberpunk 2077	43 −121%	95−100 +121%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −117%	100−105 +117%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 −122%	240−250 +122%
Horizon Zero Dawn	116 −116%	250−260 +116%
Metro Exodus	89 −113%	190−200 +113%
Watch Dogs: Legion	54 −122%	120−130 +122%