ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080
vs
PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 has 2944 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.74 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 10.25 TFLOPS.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.48 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.59 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 46 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon is based on the GCN 5 architecture and is equipped with 56 execution units.
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 GPU PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on AMD RX Vega 56
TU104 GPU Chip Vega 10 XL
Turing Architecture GCN 5
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 56
2944 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 64
184 Texture Units 256
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon has a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory and the memory clock is 0.800GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type HBM2
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 0.800 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 1.6 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 410 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 2048 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 has a turbo clock of 1.740 GHz. The turbo frequency of the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon is 1.478 GHz.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.177 GHz
1.740 GHz Boost Clock 1.478 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 88 °C.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

215 W TDP 210 W
250 W TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 85 mm Fan 1 3 x 85 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
33 dB Noise (Idle) dB
41 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon supports HDCP in version -- and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version --
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 is 54 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon is 54 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

300 mm Length 305 mm
130 mm Height 140 mm
54 mm Width 42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 was released in Q3/2018.

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Red Dragon published in Q3/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

ROG-STRIX-RTX2080-8G-GAMING Part-no AXRX VEGA 56 8GBHBM2-2D2HD/OC
Q3/2018 Release date Q3/2017
759 $ Launch Price 399 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080
8 GB GDDR6
47 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080
8 GB GDDR6
67 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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