GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, which has a clock frequency of 1382 MHz and a HBM2 memory speed of 1890 MHz. It also makes use of a 2048-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 4096 SPUs, 256 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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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

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should theoretically be a bit superior to the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition in general. (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 will be a bit (more or less 12%) more effective at anisotropic filtering 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 (more or less 19%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.