Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 2080 Ti with Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), including specs and performance data.

RTX 2080 Ti
2018
11 GB GDDR6, 250 Watt
56.42
+526%

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 526% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking45488
Place by popularitynot in top-10028
Cost-effectiveness evaluation21.51no data
Power efficiency15.5441.35
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameTU102Vega
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 September 2018 (6 years ago)7 January 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data

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 cores4352512
Core clock speed1350 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1545 MHz2100 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate420.2no data
Floating-point processing power13.45 TFLOPSno data
ROPs88no data
TMUs272no data
Tensor Cores544no data
Ray Tracing Cores68no 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount11 GBno data
Memory bus width352 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth616.0 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-Cno data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12_1
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA7.5-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

RTX 2080 Ti 56.42
+526%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 9.01

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 2080 Ti 47166
+701%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 5891

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 2080 Ti 83556
+273%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 22428

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 2080 Ti 20210
+440%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 3743

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2080 Ti 165122
+510%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 27084

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2080 Ti 521458
+74.4%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 299071

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

RTX 2080 Ti 181
+394%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 37

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

RTX 2080 Ti 79
+25.7%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 63

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

RTX 2080 Ti 12
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 21
+69.4%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

RTX 2080 Ti 121
+189%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 42

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

RTX 2080 Ti 63
+74.9%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 36

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

RTX 2080 Ti 51
+245%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 15

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

RTX 2080 Ti 179
+930%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 17

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

RTX 2080 Ti 17
+2286%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 1

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

RTX 2080 Ti 272
+476%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 47

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 HD165
+617%
23
−617%
1440p122
+618%
17
−618%
4K93
+933%
9
−933%

Cost per frame, $

1080p6.05no data
1440p8.19no data
4K10.74no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 130−140
+900%
13
−900%
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+568%
19
−568%
Elden Ring 210−220
+1067%
18
−1067%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 85
+193%
27−30
−193%
Counter-Strike 2 130−140
+1344%
9
−1344%
Cyberpunk 2077 57
+280%
15
−280%
Forza Horizon 4 300−350
+841%
32
−841%
Metro Exodus 110
+307%
27
−307%
Red Dead Redemption 2 106
+221%
33
−221%
Valorant 290
+559%
44
−559%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 235
+710%
27−30
−710%
Counter-Strike 2 130−140
+1344%
9
−1344%
Cyberpunk 2077 54
+391%
11
−391%
Dota 2 138
+376%
29
−376%
Elden Ring 210−220
+855%
22
−855%
Far Cry 5 92
+207%
30
−207%
Fortnite 224
+323%
50−55
−323%
Forza Horizon 4 300−350
+1015%
27
−1015%
Grand Theft Auto V 134
+605%
19
−605%
Metro Exodus 100
+426%
19
−426%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 249
+337%
57
−337%
Red Dead Redemption 2 90
+650%
12
−650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 170−180
+544%
27−30
−544%
Valorant 170
+1114%
14
−1114%
World of Tanks 270−280
+481%
48
−481%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 74
+155%
27−30
−155%
Counter-Strike 2 130−140
+665%
16−18
−665%
Cyberpunk 2077 48
+433%
9
−433%
Dota 2 141
+194%
48
−194%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+203%
35−40
−203%
Forza Horizon 4 300−350
+1209%
23
−1209%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 183
+158%
70−75
−158%
Valorant 259
+600%
37
−600%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 110−120
+1122%
9
−1122%
Elden Ring 130−140
+1017%
12
−1017%
Grand Theft Auto V 110−120
+1122%
9
−1122%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+695%
22
−695%
Red Dead Redemption 2 63
+688%
8−9
−688%
World of Tanks 350−400
+1648%
21
−1648%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 74
+335%
16−18
−335%
Counter-Strike 2 65−70
+580%
10−11
−580%
Cyberpunk 2077 32
+1500%
2
−1500%
Far Cry 5 160−170
+742%
18−20
−742%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+1044%
16
−1044%
Metro Exodus 98
+476%
17
−476%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
+936%
10−12
−936%
Valorant 204
+423%
39
−423%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 65−70
+2067%
3−4
−2067%
Dota 2 142
+1320%
10
−1320%
Elden Ring 65−70
+1033%
6
−1033%
Grand Theft Auto V 142
+1320%
10
−1320%
Metro Exodus 51
+750%
6
−750%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 209
+1508%
13
−1508%
Red Dead Redemption 2 42
+600%
6−7
−600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 142
+1320%
10
−1320%
World of Tanks 270
+575%
40−45
−575%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 62
+675%
8−9
−675%
Counter-Strike 2 65−70
+2067%
3−4
−2067%
Cyberpunk 2077 16
+700%
2−3
−700%
Dota 2 139
+672%
18
−672%
Far Cry 5 105
+855%
10−12
−855%
Fortnite 96
+967%
9−10
−967%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+1044%
9
−1044%
Valorant 113
+1156%
9−10
−1156%

This is how RTX 2080 Ti and RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 Ti is 617% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 Ti is 618% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 Ti is 933% faster in 4K

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

  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2080 Ti is 2067% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 2080 Ti surpassed RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in all 63 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 56.42 9.01
Recency 20 September 2018 7 January 2020
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 15 Watt

RTX 2080 Ti has a 526.2% higher aggregate performance score.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 71.4% more advanced lithography process, and 1566.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook 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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