GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1382 MHz. The HBM2 memory runs at a frequency of 1890 MHz on this model. It features 4096 SPUs as well as 256 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		300 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should perform a little bit faster than the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		495452 MB/sec
	Difference: 12452 (3%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is just a bit (more or less 12%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		353792 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 36992 (12%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER will be a small bit (about 19%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		88448 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17152 (19%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.