AMD Radeon RX 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Polaris 20 | TU104 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Polaris 20 XTX (215-0910038) | TU104-400A-A1 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Turing |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 13,600 million |
| Die size | 232 mm² | 545 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Apr 18th, 2017 | Sep 20th, 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Polaris | GeForce 20 |
| Production | Active | Active |
| Launch price | 229 USD | 699 USD |
| Current price | Amazon / Newegg | Amazon / Newegg |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 52 in our database | 66 in our database |
| Predecessor | Arctic Islands | GeForce 10 |
| Successor | Vega | GeForce 30 |
Clocks
| Base clock | 1257 MHz | 1515 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1340 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Memory clock | 2000 MHz 8 Gbps effective | 1750 MHz 14 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 2304 | 2944 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 144 | 184 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Compute units | 36 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| SM count | — | 46 |
| Tensor cores | — | 368 |
| RT cores | — | 46 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 42.88 GPixel/s | 109.4 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 193.0 GTexel/s | 314.6 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 6.175 TFLOPS (1:1) | 20.14 TFLOPS (2:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 6.175 TFLOPS | 10.07 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 385.9 GFLOPS (1:16) | 314.6 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 241 mm 9.5 inches | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| TDP | 185 W | 215 W |
| Suggested PSU | 450 W | 550 W |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort1x USB Type-C |
| Power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Board number | C940, D009-04 | PG180 SKU 2 |
| Width | — | 116 mm 4.6 inches |
| Height | — | 35 mm 1.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 6.6 |
| CUDA | — | 7.5 |
