NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
VS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
VS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 64. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

51
Place in performance rating
60
48.34
Value for money (0-100)
43.19
Pascal
Architecture
Vega
GP104
Code name
Vega 10
Desktop
Type
Desktop
6 May 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
14 August 2017 (4 years ago)
$599
Launch price (MSRP)
$499
$765 (1.3x MSRP)
Price now
$1330 (2.7x MSRP)
28.74
Value for money
16.44
Pascal GP104
GPU code name
Vega
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2560
Pipelines
4096
1607 MHz
Core clock speed
1630 MHz
1733 MHz
Boost Clock
1546 MHz
7,200 million
Transistor count
12,500 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
180 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
295 Watt
277.3
Texture fill rate
395.8
8,873 gflops
Floating-point performance
13,353 gflops
94 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
2560
CUDA cores
no data
2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4096
1733 MHz
Boost clock speed
1546 MHz
7,200 million
Number of transistors
12,500 million
180 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
295 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 64.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
279 mm
8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
+
SLI options
no data
500 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data
2-slot
Width
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
HBM2
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
2048 Bit
10 GB/s
Memory clock speed
945 MHz
320 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
483.8 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 64, the size and number of monitors.

DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
no data
+
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
no data
+
Multi Monitor
no data
+
3D Vision
no data
3.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Multi-Projection
no data
+
Ansel
no data
+
Virtual Reality
no data
+
ShadowWorks
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 64. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 or AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 111 80 68 56 44 26
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 170 118 107 103 72.1 38.9
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 256 167 140 99.5 79.7 51.6
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 60 30.2
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 348.7 195.5 128 83.7 56.6 29.8
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 241 182 153 140 95.3 48.6
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

0.67999999999999% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($765 (1.3x MSRP) vs $1330 (2.7x MSRP))

Less power consumption (180 Watt vs 295 Watt)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

More pipelines (4096 vs 2560)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 16 nm)

More memory bandwidth (483.8 GB/s vs 320 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 or AMD Radeon RX Vega 64?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 versus AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX Vega 64