amd

Brand

8GB HBM2

Memory

3584

Cores

409.6 GB/s

Bandwidth

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

$399 Aug 2017 View Details

nvidia

Brand

10GB GDDR6X

Memory

8704

Cores

760.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

$699 Aug 2020 View Details

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

8GB HBM2 210W $399 Aug 2017

Radeon RX Vega 56

$399 • Aug 2017

GeForce RTX 3080

$699 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

10GB GDDR6X 320W $699 Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Memory Size	8 GB	10 GB
Memory Type	HBM2	GDDR6X
TDP	210 W	320 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1471 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	409.6 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Process Size	14nm	8nm
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Ampere
Shading Units	3584	8704
RT Cores	N/A	68
TMUs	224	272
ROPs	64	96
Memory Bus	2048-bit	320-bit
Memory Clock	800 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	94.14 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	409.6 GTexel/s	760.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	10.54 GFLOPS	29.77 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	5.00 MB
Die Size	495 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	12500 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	550 W	700 W
Power Connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.1	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	GlobalFoundries	Samsung

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

19022 (+183%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

47815

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

161903 (+239%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

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

211.5 FPS (+160%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

13099

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

25153 (+92%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (126 benchmarks)

Sniper Elite 5

7 2022 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+156%)

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 125 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+156%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+148%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

Arma Reforger

7.5 2023 • Action, Simulation, Strategy • Bohemia Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+174%)

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+212%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+221%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Winner

Loser

MONSTER HUNTER RISE

7.4 2022 • Action • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+85%)

AVG 319 FPS

MIN 283 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 172 FPS

MIN 154 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+147%)

AVG 319 FPS

MIN 283 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 129 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+151%)

AVG 188 FPS

MIN 171 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

Winner

Loser

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

7.8 2022 • Action, Adventure, Indie • Ember Lab

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+164%)

AVG 153 FPS

MIN 142 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+180%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+186%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resident Evil Village

8 2021 • Action • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+162%)

AVG 259 FPS

MIN 232 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+157%)

AVG 180 FPS

MIN 162 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+150%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

Winner

Loser

It Takes Two

7.9 2021 • Action, Adventure • Hazelight Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+136%)

AVG 224 FPS

MIN 154 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+163%)

AVG 171 FPS

MIN 143 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+230%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Wins!

Based on 126 benchmarks across 42 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX Vega 56

+147.5%

131

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080