AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080.

75
Place in performance rating
51
9.53
Value for money (0-100)
48.34
GCN 5.0
Architecture
Pascal
Vega 10
Code name
GP104
Desktop
Type
Desktop
27 June 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
6 May 2016 (5 years ago)
$999
Launch price (MSRP)
$599
$645 (0.6x MSRP)
Price now
$765 (1.3x MSRP)
35.93
Value for money
28.74
Vega 10
GPU code name
Pascal GP104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

4096
Pipelines
2560
1382 MHz
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
1600 MHz
Boost Clock
1733 MHz
12,500 million
Transistor count
7,200 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
300 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
409.6
Texture fill rate
277.3
13,107 gflops
Floating-point performance
8,873 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
no data
CUDA cores
2560
4096
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
1600 MHz
Boost clock speed
1733 MHz
12,500 million
Number of transistors
7,200 million
300 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
180 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
267 mm
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
2x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin
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SLI options
+
no data
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
no data
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
no data
Width
2-slot
no data
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080.

HBM2
Memory type
GDDR5
16 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
2048 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1890 MHz
Memory clock speed
10 GB/s
483.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
no data
G-SYNC support
+
no data
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

no data
VR Ready
+
no data
Multi Monitor
+
no data
3D Vision
+
no data
GPU Boost
3.0
no data
CUDA
+
no data
Multi-Projection
+
no data
Ansel
+
no data
Virtual Reality
+
no data
ShadowWorks
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
no data
Vulkan
1.2.131
no data
Shader Model
6.4
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 60 30.2
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Cheaper ($645 (0.6x MSRP) vs $765 (1.3x MSRP))

More pipelines (4096 vs 2560)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 16 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (16 GB vs 8 GB)

More memory bandwidth (483.8 GB/s vs 320 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

4.15% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (180 Watt vs 300 Watt)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 .

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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Unigine Heaven 3.0

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User rating

3.5 Out of 2 Hitesti Score
4.2 Out of 362 Hitesti Score