AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
amd
Brand8GB HBM2
Memory3584
Cores409.6 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX Vega 56
VS
nvidia
Brand11GB GDDR5X
Memory3584
Cores484.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1080 Ti
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8GB HBM2 210W N/A Aug 2017
Radeon RX Vega 56
$399 • Aug 2017
VS
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
$699 • Mar 2017
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
11GB GDDR5X 250W N/A Mar 2017
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 11 GB |
| Memory Type | HBM2 | GDDR5X |
| TDP | 210 W | 250 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1471 MHz | 1582 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 484.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 3584 | 3584 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 224 | 224 |
| ROPs | 64 | 88 |
| Memory Bus | 2048-bit | 352-bit |
| Memory Clock | 800 MHz | 1376 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 94.14 GPixel/s | 139.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 409.6 GTexel/s | 484.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 10.54 GFLOPS | 11.34 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 2.75 MB |
| Die Size | 495 mm² | 471 mm² |
| Transistors | 12500 Million | 11800 Million |
| Required PSU | 550 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 6-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
9688 (+44%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
47815
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
74966 (+57%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
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
118.7 FPS (+46%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
13099
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
18594 (+42%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (500 benchmarks)
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+19%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+77%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+16%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+23%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
7 2026 • Action, Adventure Asobo Studio
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+42%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+45%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+37%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+63%)
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+57%)
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+38%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Sinking City 2
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+39%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+32%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 16 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 Ti (+36%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
1440p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+21%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
2160p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+20%)
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+31%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+32%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+33%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
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 Ti (+28%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+52%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+67%)
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+25%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+77%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+78%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 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
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+5%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX Vega 56 (+3%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Wins!
Based on 497 benchmarks across 158 games
60
Avg FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
VS
+46%
87
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD • 8GB HBM2
2
Wins
60
Avg FPS
50
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA • 11GB GDDR5X
487
Wins
87
Avg FPS
74
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate
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