AMD Radeon RX 580 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 580 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
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
152
98
87
65
The Witcher 3
52
40
23
13
172
140
103
55
Counter-Strike 2
78
56
37
16
253
199
137
80
Far Cry 6
58
49
34
17
133
122
98
59
Hogwarts Legacy
33
23
20
10
101
83
64
34
COD Modern Warfare 3
47
41
27
15
126
117
88
56
Ghost of Tsushima
33
24
16
9
93
75
61
34
Cyberpunk 2077
30
27
13
n/a
109
95
63
27
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
60
51
31
18
174
156
116
63
Avg FPS
1080p High52146
1080p Ultra39121
1440p Ultra2691
4K Ultra1353
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
14202
Time Spy435314660
Solar Bayn/a64266
Port Royal5279109
Fire Strike1497935668
Night Raid56876114857
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
144745
Background Blur59.5 frames/s211 frames/s
Face Detection33.8 frames/s141.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.56 Gpix/sec6.24 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.1 Gpix/sec8.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.92 Gpix/sec9.22 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.33 Gpix/sec1.46 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching161.8 Gpix/sec627.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5395.1 fps16980.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
21611
G2D Mark767928
DirectX 1160 fps190 fps
DirectX 1243 fps84 fps
GPU Compute3529 Ops/s10244 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
165.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a776.4 fps
Car Chasen/a675.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a655.7 fps
T-Rexn/a3193.1 fps
ALU 2n/a4775.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a278.9 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a4776.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 September, 27, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture GCN 4.0 Turing
Codename Polaris 20 TU102
Price 229 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1257 MHz 1350 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1340 MHz 1545 MHz
Shader Units 2304 4352
TMUs 144 272
ROPs 32 88
Execution Units n/a 68
Ray Tracing Cores No 68
Tensor Cores No 544
L1 cache 16 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 5632 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 43 Gpix/sec 136 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 193 GTex/s 420 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS 13.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 185 W 250 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 754 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 18 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 23.87 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
616 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 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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