GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q vs Radeon RX Vega 64

Place in performance ranking	116	121
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	55.15	24.03
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Vega	N18E-G3-A1 MAX-Q TU104
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	14 August 2017 (6 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	no data
Current price	$125 (0.3x MSRP)	$1268

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX Vega 64 has 130% better value for money than RTX 2080 Max-Q.

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	4096	2944
Core clock speed	1630 MHz	735-990 MHz
Boost clock speed	1546 MHz	1095-1230 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	295 Watt	80-90 Watt
Texture fill rate	395.8	201.5
Floating-point performance	13,353 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 64 and GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q 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.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	279 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	HBM2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	945 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB/s	384.0 GB/s
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	No outputs
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.

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.125	1.2.131
CUDA	no data	7.5

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.

RX Vega 64 37.18
+3.3%

RTX 2080 Max-Q 35.98

Radeon RX Vega 64 outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q by 3% 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%

RX Vega 64 14358
+3.3%

RTX 2080 Max-Q 13894

Radeon RX Vega 64 outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q by 3% in Passmark.

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%

RX Vega 64 30824
+10.2%

RTX 2080 Max-Q 27973

Radeon RX Vega 64 outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q by 10% 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%

RX Vega 64 55262
+6.4%

RTX 2080 Max-Q 51930

Radeon RX Vega 64 outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q by 6% 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%

RX Vega 64 22501
+8.7%

RTX 2080 Max-Q 20703

Radeon RX Vega 64 outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q by 9% 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%

RX Vega 64 127374
+8.2%

RTX 2080 Max-Q 117764

Radeon RX Vega 64 outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q by 8% 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%

RX Vega 64 392304

RTX 2080 Max-Q 425550
+8.5%

GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q outperforms Radeon RX Vega 64 by 8% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RX Vega 64 111
+15.9%

RTX 2080 Max-Q 96

Radeon RX Vega 64 outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q by 16% in SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase.

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RX Vega 64 82

RTX 2080 Max-Q 153
+86.6%

GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q outperforms Radeon RX Vega 64 by 87% in SPECviewperf 12 - Maya.

SPECviewperf 12 - 3ds Max

This part of SPECviewperf 12 benchmark emulates work with 3DS Max, executing eleven tests in various use scenarios, including architectural modeling and animation for computer games.

Benchmark coverage: 1%

RX Vega 64 140

RTX 2080 Max-Q 175
+24.5%

GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q outperforms Radeon RX Vega 64 by 25% in SPECviewperf 12 - 3ds Max.

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	116 −3.4%	120 +3.4%
1440p	75 −1.3%	76 +1.3%
4K	47 −19.1%	56 +19.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

65−70

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	81	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	83	no data
Battlefield 5	186	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	68	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70	no data
Far Cry 5	112	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	108	no data
Forza Horizon 4	167	no data
Hitman 3	84	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	167	no data
Metro Exodus	144	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	116	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	202	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	100	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	68	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	69	no data
Battlefield 5	170	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70	no data
Far Cry 5	86	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	93	no data
Forza Horizon 4	294	no data
Hitman 3	77	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	293	no data
Metro Exodus	116	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	103	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	164	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	132	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	247	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	51	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	54	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70	no data
Far Cry 5	67	no data
Forza Horizon 4	128	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	100	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	143	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	77	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	54	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	93	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	47	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	69	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30	no data
Far Cry 5	81	no data
Forza Horizon 4	98	no data
Hitman 3	50	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	80	no data
Metro Exodus	79	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	100	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	38	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	59	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	36	no data
Hitman 3	38	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	32	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	48	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	29	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	28	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	25	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14	no data
Far Cry 5	27	no data
Forza Horizon 4	66	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	52	no data
Metro Exodus	45	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	21	no data