GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Radeon RX Vega 2 Radeon RX Vega 5 Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) Radeon RX Vega 9
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GTX 745 OEM GTX 750 GTX 750 Ti GTX 760 GTX 760 Ti OEM GTX 770 GTX 780 GTX 780 6 GB GTX 780 Rev. 2 GTX 780 Ti GTX 780 Ti 6 GB GTX 780 Ti Engineering Sample

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
9.03

GTX 780 Rev. 2 outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a moderate 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
GTX 780 Rev. 2 GTX 780 Rev. 2

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking479427
Place by popularity29not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.25
Power efficiency41.672.98
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameVegaGK110B
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)10 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$649

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores5122304
Core clock speedno data863 MHz
Boost clock speed2100 MHz902 MHz
Number of transistorsno data7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rateno data173.2
Floating-point processing powerno data4.156 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data192

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data3 GB
Memory bus widthno data384 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1502 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data288.4 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 Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.1.126
CUDA-3.5

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 HD22
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
1440p16
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
4K10
+0%
10−12
+0%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data27.04
1440pno data36.06
4Kno data64.90

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 19
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 20
−5%
21−24
+5%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−7.1%
30−33
+7.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 14
−14.3%
16−18
+14.3%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−14.3%
24−27
+14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−15.4%
30−33
+15.4%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−14.8%
70−75
+14.8%
Hitman 3 15
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−17.6%
60−65
+17.6%
Metro Exodus 35
−14.3%
40−45
+14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
−6.1%
35−40
+6.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 36
−11.1%
40−45
+11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−16.7%
70−75
+16.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−7.1%
30−33
+7.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
+0%
10−11
+0%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−14.3%
24−27
+14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−15.4%
30−33
+15.4%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−14.8%
70−75
+14.8%
Hitman 3 15
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−17.6%
60−65
+17.6%
Metro Exodus 25
−8%
27−30
+8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−8%
27−30
+8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27
−11.1%
30−33
+11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−8%
27−30
+8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−16.7%
70−75
+16.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14
−14.3%
16−18
+14.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−14.3%
24−27
+14.3%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−14.8%
70−75
+14.8%
Hitman 3 14
−14.3%
16−18
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24
−12.5%
27−30
+12.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 23
−17.4%
27−30
+17.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−14.3%
16−18
+14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21
−14.3%
24−27
+14.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−16.7%
21−24
+16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−14.3%
16−18
+14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 5
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−15.4%
45−50
+15.4%
Hitman 3 10
+0%
10−11
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20
−5%
21−24
+5%
Metro Exodus 17
−5.9%
18−20
+5.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
−12.5%
18−20
+12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 59
−18.6%
70−75
+18.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 13
−7.7%
14−16
+7.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Hitman 3 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−8.1%
40−45
+8.1%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and GTX 780 Rev. 2 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 780 Rev. 2 is 9% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 780 Rev. 2 is 13% faster in 1440p
  • A tie in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 9.03 10.78
Recency 7 January 2020 10 September 2013
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 250 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 1566.7% lower power consumption.

GTX 780 Rev. 2, on the other hand, has a 19.4% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 is a desktop one.

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

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