GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Place in performance ranking	139	4
Place by popularity	not in top-100	75
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.11	21.26
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	Vega 10	AD103-400-A1
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	27 June 2017 (7 years ago)	31 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$999
Current price	$961 (1x MSRP)	$1202 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4080 SUPER has 248% better value for money than Vega Frontier Edition.

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	10240
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	2295 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	2550 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	320 Watt
Texture fill rate	409.6	816.0
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops	no data

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	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	310 mm
Width	2-slot	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	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	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	23000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB/s	716.8 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.125	1.3
CUDA	no data	8.9

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.

Vega Frontier Edition 34.51

RTX 4080 SUPER 88.29
+156%

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms Radeon Vega Frontier Edition by 156% 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%

Vega Frontier Edition 13326

RTX 4080 SUPER 34094
+156%

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER outperforms Radeon Vega Frontier Edition by 156% in Passmark.

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	95−100 −167%	254 +167%
1440p	65−70 −175%	179 +175%
4K	45−50 −160%	117 +160%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	90−95 −161%	235 +161%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100−105 −181%	281 +181%
Battlefield 5	95−100 −157%	240−250 +157%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −167%	120−130 +167%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −162%	110−120 +162%
Far Cry New Dawn	75−80 −168%	200−210 +168%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 −165%	344 +165%
Hitman 3	45−50 −173%	120−130 +173%
Horizon Zero Dawn	190−200 −165%	503 +165%
Metro Exodus	55−60 −175%	150−160 +175%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 −176%	120−130 +176%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	230−240 −167%	614 +167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −173%	150−160 +173%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 −165%	212 +165%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	90−95 −163%	237 +163%
Battlefield 5	95−100 −157%	240−250 +157%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −167%	120−130 +167%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −162%	110−120 +162%
Far Cry New Dawn	75−80 −168%	200−210 +168%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 −170%	270−280 +170%
Hitman 3	45−50 −173%	120−130 +173%
Horizon Zero Dawn	140−150 −165%	350−400 +165%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −171%	95 +171%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 −176%	120−130 +176%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	220−230 −158%	568 +158%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	210−220 −160%	547 +160%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −173%	150−160 +173%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65 −163%	158 +163%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	80−85 −161%	209 +161%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −167%	120−130 +167%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −162%	110−120 +162%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −168%	322 +168%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 −166%	425 +166%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	200−210 −164%	527 +164%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	100−105 −163%	263 +163%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −164%	145 +164%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50
−176%

120−130

+176%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 −177%	160−170 +177%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 −162%	140−150 +162%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 −170%	135 +170%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65 −175%	165 +175%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −180%	110−120 +180%
Far Cry 5	80−85 −166%	213 +166%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −178%	306 +178%
Hitman 3	50−55 −158%	120−130 +158%
Horizon Zero Dawn	130−140 −165%	345 +165%
Metro Exodus	65−70 −163%	171 +163%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	150−160 −165%	397 +165%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85−90 −160%	221 +160%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −182%	127 +182%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55
−158%

120−130

+158%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33 −193%	85−90 +193%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −188%	65−70 +188%
Hitman 3	30−33 −177%	80−85 +177%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 −160%	169 +160%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −170%	135 +170%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	75−80 −172%	204 +172%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −174%	96 +174%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 −183%	99 +183%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −189%	50−55 +189%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −178%	50−55 +178%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −177%	305 +177%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 −158%	206 +158%
Metro Exodus	55−60 −158%	142 +158%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −170%	81 +170%