Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 vs AMD Radeon 680M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080, vs AMD Radeon 680M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 and AMD Radeon 680M
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
125
80
68
50
42
23
17
10
The Witcher 3
143
118
86
47
19
21
10
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
207
155
118
62
39
23
20
n/a
Far Cry 6
110
99
79
46
33
27
19
9
Hogwarts Legacy
80
68
52
26
18
12
9
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
98
92
64
41
27
24
19
10
Ghost of Tsushima
77
61
44
27
19
11
9
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
86
79
46
21
19
15
10
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
132
119
88
48
25
24
17
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High11827
1080p Ultra9720
1440p Ultra7214
4K Ultra41-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
10851
AMD Radeon 680M
2194
Time Spy110832337
Solar Bay5000210075
Port Royal64581022
Fire Strike276706948
Night Raid10044127970
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
118637
AMD Radeon 680M
28675
Background Blur191.8 frames/s73.8 frames/s
Face Detection115.9 frames/s30.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.74 Gpix/sec0.93 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.2 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.56 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.3 Gpix/sec0.37 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching499.7 Gpix/sec105 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15858.8 fps4640 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
18751
AMD Radeon 680M
4668
G2D Mark908751
DirectX 11157 fps45 fps
DirectX 1272 fps22 fps
GPU Compute8009 Ops/s2163 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
128.3 fps
AMD Radeon 680M
27.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)600.3 fps142 fps
Car Chase525.3 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)499.8 fpsn/a
T-Rex2729 fpsn/a
ALU 23179.7 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2283.6 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLVulkan
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3279.3n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced September, 20, 2018 January, 1, 2022
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture Turing RDNA 2.0
Codename TU104 Rembrandt
Price 699 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1515 MHz 400 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1710 MHz 2200-2400 MHz
Shader Units 2944 768
TMUs 184 48
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units 46 12
Ray Tracing Cores 46 12
Tensor Cores 368 n/a
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 109 Gpix/sec 70-77 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 315 GTex/s 106-115 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.1 TFLOPS 3.4-3.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 215 W 15 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 6 nm
Transistor Size 545 mm² 208 mm²
Transistor count 13 billion 13.1 billion
Transistor density 23.85 MTr/mm² 62.98 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz n/a
Bus 256 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 8 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
448 GB/s
AMD Radeon 680M
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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