GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870

Place in the ranking	379	3
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	41.79
Power efficiency	14.64	18.55
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	Vega Kaby Lake-G	GB203
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2018 (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	1280	10752
Core clock speed	931 MHz	2295 MHz
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	2617 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	45,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
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	HBM2	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	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	44 −339%	193 +339%
1440p	28 −450%	154 +450%
4K	15 −580%	102 +580%

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	24−27 −796%	210−220 +796%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −567%	180−190 +567%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −160%	110−120 +160%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 −796%	210−220 +796%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −567%	180−190 +567%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −525%	350−400 +525%
Forza Horizon 5	35−40 −761%	300−350 +761%
Metro Exodus	44 −341%	190−200 +341%
Red Dead Redemption 2	48 −225%	150−160 +225%
Valorant	47 −1602%	800−850 +1602%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −160%	110−120 +160%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 −796%	210−220 +796%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −567%	180−190 +567%
Dota 2	27 −548%	170−180 +548%
Far Cry 5	37 −324%	157 +324%
Fortnite	75−80 −295%	300−350 +295%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −525%	350−400 +525%
Forza Horizon 5	35−40 −761%	300−350 +761%
Grand Theft Auto V	41 −583%	280−290 +583%
Metro Exodus	30 −547%	190−200 +547%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	129 −66.7%	210−220 +66.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16 −875%	150−160 +875%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −314%	170−180 +314%
Valorant	30 −2567%	800−850 +2567%
World of Tanks	180−190 −52.5%	270−280 +52.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −160%	110−120 +160%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 −825%	222 +825%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −567%	180−190 +567%
Dota 2	50−55 −600%	350−400 +600%
Far Cry 5	51 −306%	200−210 +306%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −525%	350−400 +525%
Forza Horizon 5	35−40 −761%	300−350 +761%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−110 −113%	210−220 +113%
Valorant	55−60 −1355%	800−850 +1355%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	20−22 −745%	160−170 +745%
Grand Theft Auto V	20−22 −600%	140−150 +600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	62 −545%	400−450 +545%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −675%	90−95 +675%
World of Tanks	95−100 −432%	500−550 +432%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −211%	85−90 +211%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −582%	75−80 +582%
Far Cry 5	32 −400%	160−170 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −576%	230−240 +576%
Forza Horizon 5	21−24 −1038%	230−240 +1038%
Metro Exodus	27 −511%	160−170 +511%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −567%	120−130 +567%
Valorant	30−35 −1582%	550−600 +1582%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −990%	109 +990%
Dota 2	29 −545%	180−190 +545%
Grand Theft Auto V	29 −590%	200−210 +590%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −1522%	140−150 +1522%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30 −597%	200−210 +597%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −611%	60−65 +611%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	29 −590%	200−210 +590%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −600%	90−95 +600%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −260%	36 +260%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −575%	27−30 +575%
Dota 2	24−27 −580%	170−180 +580%
Far Cry 5	15 −600%	100−110 +600%
Fortnite	14−16 −540%	95−100 +540%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −584%	130−140 +584%
Forza Horizon 5	10−11 −1490%	150−160 +1490%
Valorant	14−16 −2273%	350−400 +2273%

This is how RX Vega M GL / 870 and RTX 5080 compete in popular games:

RTX 5080 is 339% faster in 1080p
RTX 5080 is 450% faster in 1440p
RTX 5080 is 580% faster in 4K

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

in Valorant, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 5080 is 2567% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 5080 surpassed RX Vega M GL / 870 in all 44 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	13.20	92.58
Recency	7 January 2018	30 January 2025
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	360 Watt

RX Vega M GL / 870 has 453.8% lower power consumption.

RTX 5080, on the other hand, has a 601.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5080 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 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.