AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
amd
Brand8GB HBM2
Memory3584
Cores409.6 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX Vega 56
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2944
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 2080
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8GB HBM2 210W N/A Aug 2017
Radeon RX Vega 56
$399 • Aug 2017
VS
GeForce RTX 2080
$699 • Sep 2018
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
8GB GDDR6 215W N/A Sep 2018
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | HBM2 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 210 W | 215 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1471 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 3584 | 2944 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 46 |
| TMUs | 224 | 184 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 2048-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 800 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 94.14 GPixel/s | 109.4 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 409.6 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 10.54 GFLOPS | 10.07 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 495 mm² | 545 mm² |
| Transistors | 12500 Million | 13600 Million |
| Required PSU | 550 W | 550 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 | 12.2 |
| 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
10843 (+61%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
47815
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
118637 (+148%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
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
128.3 FPS (+58%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
13099
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
18747 (+43%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Game Benchmarks Comparison (334 benchmarks)
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+42%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+92%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
7 2026 • Action, Adventure Asobo Studio
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+33%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+42%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+37%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Sinking City 2
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+33%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+28%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 26 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 RTX 2080 (+36%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
1440p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+29%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
2160p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+33%)
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
Winner
Loser
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
8.7 2022 • Action, Adventure, Casual Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+119%)
AVG 118 FPS
MIN 107 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+102%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+64%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Scars Above
7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure Mad Head Games
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 2080 (+83%)
AVG 168 FPS
MIN 152 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 2080 (+78%)
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce RTX 2080 (+73%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Wins!
Based on 334 benchmarks across 110 games
55
Avg FPS
Radeon RX Vega 56
VS
+54.1%
85
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD • 8GB HBM2
1
Wins
55
Avg FPS
46
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
331
Wins
85
Avg FPS
72
Min FPS
99%
Win Rate
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