GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G is based on the AMD RX Vega 64 and has 4096 texture shaders and 64 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB, which has 8960 shaders and 70 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
AMD RX Vega 64 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
Vega 10 XT GPU Chip GA102
GCN 5 Architecture Ampere
64 Streaming Multiprocessors 70
4096 Shader 8960
64 Render Output Units 112
256 Texture Units 280
0 Raytracing Cores 70

Memory

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB can access 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR6X
0.945 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
1.9 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
484 GB/s Memory bandwidth 912 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.406 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is 1.260 GHz.

1.406 GHz Base Clock 1.260 GHz
1.677 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G is 345 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has a TDP of 350 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

345 W TDP 350 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G has a total of 1 Axial (Radiator) fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial
1 x 120 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G is 283 mm long, 130 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is 285 mm long, 112 mm high and -- wide.

283 mm Length 285 mm
130 mm Height 112 mm
40 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G was released in Q3/2017 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

GV-RXVEGA64X W-8GD-B Part-no --
Q3/2017 Release date Q1/2022
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 8 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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
60 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
70 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
104 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
76 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
126 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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G
8 GB HBM2
100 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
185 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 Watercooling 8G
8 GB HBM2
139 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
200 fps (avg)

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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