AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
amd
Brand8GB HBM2
Memory3584
Cores409.6 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX Vega 56
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5X
Memory2560
Cores320.3 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8GB HBM2 210W N/A Aug 2017
Radeon RX Vega 56
$399 • Aug 2017
VS
GeForce GTX 1080
$599 • May 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8GB GDDR5X 180W N/A May 2016
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | HBM2 | GDDR5X |
| TDP | 210 W | 180 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1471 MHz | 1733 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 320.3 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 3584 | 2560 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 224 | 160 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 2048-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 800 MHz | 1251 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 94.14 GPixel/s | 110.9 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 409.6 GTexel/s | 320.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 10.54 GFLOPS | 8.873 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 495 mm² | 314 mm² |
| Transistors | 12500 Million | 7200 Million |
| Required PSU | 550 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
6723
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
7282 (+8%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
47815
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
63994 (+34%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
81.2 FPS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
89.1 FPS (+10%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
13099
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
15572 (+19%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Game Benchmarks Comparison (533 benchmarks)
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+33%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+4%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+33%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+33%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
7 2026 • Action, Adventure Asobo Studio
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+14%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+6%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+0%)
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+3%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+2%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+7%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Sinking City 2
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+3%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+0%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Winner
Loser
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
8 2026 • Action, Adventure Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai
1080p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+0%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
1440p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+9%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
2160p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+15%)
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+0%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+0%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+0%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+6%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+33%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+33%)
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+0%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1080 (+38%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1080 (+50%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resident Evil Requiem
8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+46%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+48%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Wins!
Based on 530 benchmarks across 165 games
59
Avg FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
VS
+13.4%
67
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD • 8GB HBM2
84
Wins
59
Avg FPS
50
Min FPS
16%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5X
415
Wins
67
Avg FPS
56
Min FPS
78%
Win Rate
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