PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56
vs
GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 and the GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR, 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.

GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR, which has 8704 shaders and 68 execution units.
PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 GPU GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR
AMD RX Vega 56 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR
Vega 10 XL GPU Chip GA102-202-K1-A1
GCN 5 Architecture Ampere
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
3584 Shader 8704
64 Render Output Units 96
256 Texture Units 272
0 Raytracing Cores 68

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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR can access 10 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 10 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR6X
0.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
1.6 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
410 GB/s Memory bandwidth 760 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 320 bit

Clock Speeds

The PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 clocks in the base with up to 1.156 GHz. The base frequency of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR is 1.440 GHz.

1.156 GHz Base Clock 1.440 GHz
1.471 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.80 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR has a TDP of 320 W and is supplied with the required energy via 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

210 W TDP 320 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 102 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 92 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
37 dB Noise (Idle) 0 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 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
-- 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 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR 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 Decode
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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR is 352 mm long, 160 mm high and 68 mm wide.

280 mm Length 352 mm
127 mm Height 160 mm
40 mm Width 68 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
1090 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR was introduced in Q3/2021 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

AXRX VEGA 56 8GBHBM2-3DH Part-no 38NWM3MD3BJJ
Q3/2017 Release date Q3/2021
399 $ (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)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR
10 GB GDDR6X
63 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR
10 GB GDDR6X
74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR
10 GB GDDR6X
110 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)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR
10 GB GDDR6X
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR
10 GB GDDR6X
76 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR
10 GB GDDR6X
127 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)

PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
43 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR
10 GB GDDR6X
108 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
80 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR
10 GB GDDR6X
186 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
112 fps (avg)
GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 HOF LHR
10 GB GDDR6X
211 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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