GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q vs Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition

Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameVega 10AD104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 August 2017 (7 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$549 no data

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 cores40967424
Core clock speed1200 MHz795 MHz
Boost clock speed1536 MHz1350 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)295 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate393.2313.2
Floating-point processing power12.58 TFLOPS20.04 TFLOPS
ROPs6480
TMUs256232
Tensor Coresno data232
Ray Tracing Coresno data58

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length282 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed945 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s336.0 GB/s

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.1.1251.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 August 2017 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 295 Watt 60 Watt

RTX 4080 Max-Q has an age advantage of 5 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 391.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition and GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition
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