AMD Radeon RX 580 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 580, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 580 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
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
76
38
33
15
125
80
68
50
The Witcher 3
52
40
23
13
143
118
86
47
Counter-Strike 2
78
56
37
16
207
155
118
62
Far Cry 6
58
49
34
17
110
99
79
46
Hogwarts Legacy
33
23
20
10
80
68
52
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
47
41
27
15
98
92
64
41
Ghost of Tsushima
33
24
16
9
77
61
44
27
Cyberpunk 2077
30
27
13
n/a
86
79
46
21
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
60
51
31
18
132
119
88
48
Avg FPS
1080p High52118
1080p Ultra3997
1440p Ultra2672
4K Ultra1341
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
10851
Time Spy435311083
Solar Bayn/a50002
Port Royal5276458
Fire Strike1497927670
Night Raid56876100441
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
118637
Background Blur59.5 frames/s191.8 frames/s
Face Detection33.8 frames/s115.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.56 Gpix/sec4.74 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.1 Gpix/sec6.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.92 Gpix/sec6.56 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.33 Gpix/sec1.3 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching161.8 Gpix/sec499.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5395.1 fps15858.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
18751
G2D Mark767908
DirectX 1160 fps157 fps
DirectX 1243 fps72 fps
GPU Compute3529 Ops/s8009 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
128.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a600.3 fps
Car Chasen/a525.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a499.8 fps
T-Rexn/a2729 fps
ALU 2n/a3179.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a283.6 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a3279.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 September, 20, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture GCN 4.0 Turing
Codename Polaris 20 TU104
Price 229 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1257 MHz 1515 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1340 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 2304 2944
TMUs 144 184
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores No 46
Tensor Cores No 368
L1 cache 16 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 43 Gpix/sec 109 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 193 GTex/s 315 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS 10.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 185 W 215 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 545 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 13 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 23.85 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
448 GB/s

API

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

Results

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

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