In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G and the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 4.7 % faster than the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black.
The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 and has 3584 texture shaders and 56 execution units.
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, which has 2944 shaders and 46 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
HBM2
GDDR6
Memory Clock
0.800 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
1.6 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
410 GB/s
448 GB/s
Memory Interface
2,048 bit
256 bit
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The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s.
The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black
Base Clock
1.156 GHz
1.515 GHz
Boost Clock
1.471 GHz
1.710 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.156 GHz. The base frequency of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black is 1.515 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black
TDP
210 W
215 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
88 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 210 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.
The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black has a TDP of 215 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 70 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
37 dB
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Noise (Load)
49 dB
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The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has a total of 1 Radial fans.
The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
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2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4a
USB-C
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1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G.
The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
Addressable LED
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The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black
Length
280 mm
283 mm
Height
127 mm
139 mm
Width
40 mm
41 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
1,090 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 280 mm long, 127 mm high and 40 mm wide.
The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black is 283 mm long, 139 mm high and 41 mm wide.
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 GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black +68.1 %
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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.
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.
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