MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
vs
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

GPU

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.
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G GPU GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black
AMD RX Vega 56 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Vega 10 XL GPU Chip TU104
GCN 5 Architecture Turing
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
3584 Shader 2944
64 Render Output Units 64
256 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

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.

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

Clock Speeds

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.

1.156 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
1.471 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

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

Cooler & Fans

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.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
37 dB Noise (Idle) dB
49 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 MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

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.

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

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 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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.

280 mm Length 283 mm
127 mm Height 139 mm
40 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1090 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G was released in Q3/2017 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

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Q3/2017 Release date Q3/2018
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 12 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)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black
8 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black
8 GB GDDR6
66 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)

MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
8 GB HBM2
43 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black
8 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
8 GB HBM2
80 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black
8 GB GDDR6
116 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
8 GB HBM2
112 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Dual Black
8 GB GDDR6
162 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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