GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	33
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	no data	43.72
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Vega 10	Turing TU102
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	13 July 2017 (6 years old)	27 August 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,489	$999
Current price	no data	$297 (0.3x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

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	4352
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	1350 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	1545 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	375 Watt	270 Watt
Texture fill rate	409.6	420.2
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops	no data

Size and 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	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 8-pin

Memory

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	16 GB	11 GB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	352 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB/s	616.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Video outputs and ports

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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	+	+
G-SYNC support	no data	+

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

no data

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API support

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	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.125	1.2.131
CUDA	no data	7.5

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	13 July 2017	27 August 2018
Cost	$1489	$999
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	11 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	375 Watt	270 Watt

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