PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56
vs
ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 and the ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 and has 3584 texture shaders and 56 execution units.

ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which has 3072 shaders and 48 execution units.
PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 GPU ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo
AMD RX Vega 56 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
Vega 10 XL GPU Chip TU104
GCN 5 Architecture Turing
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 48
3584 Shader 3072
64 Render Output Units 64
256 Texture Units 192
0 Raytracing Cores 48

Memory

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

The ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 496 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR6
0.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.938 GHz
1.6 Gbps Memory Speed 15.5 Gbps
410 GB/s Memory bandwidth 496 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 clocks in the base with up to 1.156 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo is 1.650 GHz.

1.156 GHz Base Clock 1.650 GHz
1.471 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.82 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 is 210 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

210 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) 280 W
100 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 1 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
37 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
49 dB Noise (Load) 45 dB

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 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56.

The ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo 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 v1.4
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo 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 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 is 280 mm long, 127 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo is 268 mm long, 113 mm high and 40 mm wide.

280 mm Length 268 mm
127 mm Height 113 mm
40 mm Width 40 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 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 was released in Q3/2017 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

The ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 819 $.

AXRX VEGA 56 8GBHBM2-3DH Part-no TURBO-RTX2080S-8G-EVO
Q3/2017 Release date Q3/2019
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 819 $
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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
43 fps (avg)
ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo
8 GB GDDR6
69 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
80 fps (avg)
ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo
8 GB GDDR6
123 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
112 fps (avg)
ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Evo
8 GB GDDR6
169 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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