GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon RX Vega 9

Place in the ranking	612	3
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	41.79
Power efficiency	25.63	18.55
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	Vega Raven Ridge	GB203
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	26 October 2017 (7 years ago)	30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$999

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	576	10752
Core clock speed	no data	2295 MHz
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	2617 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	45,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	360 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	879.3
Floating-point processing power	no data	56.28 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	128
TMUs	no data	336
Tensor Cores	no data	336
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	84

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	no data	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-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	no data	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	no data	16 GB
Memory bus width	no data	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	960.0 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	no data	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.8
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.4
CUDA	-	10.1

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	21 −819%	193 +819%
1440p	8−9 −1825%	154 +1825%
4K	5−6 −1940%	102 +1940%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	5.18
1440p	no data	6.49
4K	no data	9.79

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1855%	210−220 +1855%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −1567%	200−210 +1567%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −588%	110−120 +588%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1855%	210−220 +1855%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −1567%	200−210 +1567%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −1422%	350−400 +1422%
Forza Horizon 5	10−12 −2718%	300−350 +2718%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −1286%	190−200 +1286%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −818%	150−160 +818%
Valorant	16−18 −4606%	800−850 +4606%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −588%	110−120 +588%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1855%	210−220 +1855%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −1567%	200−210 +1567%
Dota 2	18−20 −821%	170−180 +821%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −504%	157 +504%
Fortnite	30−35 −833%	300−350 +833%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −1422%	350−400 +1422%
Forza Horizon 5	10−12 −2718%	300−350 +2718%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 −1479%	300−310 +1479%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −1286%	190−200 +1286%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	38 −466%	210−220 +466%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −818%	150−160 +818%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −867%	170−180 +867%
Valorant	16−18 −4606%	800−850 +4606%
World of Tanks	90−95 −210%	270−280 +210%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −588%	110−120 +588%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1918%	222 +1918%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −1567%	200−210 +1567%
Dota 2	18−20 −1479%	300−310 +1479%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −696%	200−210 +696%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −1422%	350−400 +1422%
Forza Horizon 5	10−12 −2718%	300−350 +2718%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	45−50 −357%	210−220 +357%
Valorant	16−18 −4606%	800−850 +4606%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	5−6 −3280%	160−170 +3280%
Grand Theft Auto V	6−7 −1567%	100−105 +1567%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 −1614%	600−650 +1614%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2225%	90−95 +2225%
World of Tanks	40−45 −1190%	500−550 +1190%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −867%	85−90 +867%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −1600%	85−90 +1600%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −1233%	160−170 +1233%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −1600%	170−180 +1600%
Forza Horizon 5	8−9 −2888%	230−240 +2888%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −2650%	160−170 +2650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −1525%	130−140 +1525%
Valorant	14−16 −3713%	550−600 +3713%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −990%	109 +990%
Dota 2	16−18 −1000%	180−190 +1000%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −1606%	290−300 +1606%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −7200%	140−150 +7200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	16−18 −1206%	200−210 +1206%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −2033%	60−65 +2033%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −1606%	290−300 +1606%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −1720%	90−95 +1720%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −260%	36 +260%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Dota 2	16−18 −1606%	290−300 +1606%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1650%	100−110 +1650%
Fortnite	5−6 −1820%	95−100 +1820%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −1600%	85−90 +1600%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −5200%	150−160 +5200%
Valorant	5−6 −7020%	350−400 +7020%

This is how RX Vega 9 and RTX 5080 compete in popular games:

RTX 5080 is 819% faster in 1080p
RTX 5080 is 1825% faster in 1440p
RTX 5080 is 1940% faster in 4K

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

in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 5080 is 7200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 5080 surpassed RX Vega 9 in all 44 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.33	92.58
Recency	26 October 2017	30 January 2025
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	360 Watt

RX Vega 9 has 2300% lower power consumption.

RTX 5080, on the other hand, has a 1637% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5080 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 9 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 9 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5080 is a desktop one.

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