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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Founders Edition Review!

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Primer

Designed to extend NVIDIA’s performance lead against the new AMD Navi-based graphics cards, the NVIDIA RTX SUPER graphics cards are based on cut-down versions of existing GeForce RTX models.

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER – replaces GeForce RTX 2080
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER – replaces GeForce RTX 2070
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

The GeForce RTX 2060 survives to remain the cheapest RTX card you can buy, while the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti remains the most powerful RTX graphics card that money can buy.

This is how the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX SUPER series compares to the older NVIDIA GeForce RTX series.

Specifications	RTX 2080 Ti	RTX 2080 SUPER	RTX 2080	RTX 2070 SUPER	RTX 2070	RTX 2060 SUPER	RTX 2060
GPU	TU102 -300	TU104 -450	TU104 -400	TU104 -410	TU106 -400	TU106 -410	TU106 -200
CUDA Cores	4352	3072	2944	2560	2304	2176	1920
Base Clock	1350 MHz	1650 MHz	1515 MHz	1605 MHz	1410 MHz	1470 MHz	1365 MHz
Boost Clock	1545 MHz	1815 MHz	1710 MHz	1770 MHz	1620 MHz	1650 MHz	1680 MHz
TMUs	272	192	184	160	144	136	120
Min. Texture Fill Rate	367.2 GT/s	316.8 GT/s	278.8 GT/s	256.8 GT/s	203.0 GT/s	199.9 GT/s	163.8 GT/s
Max. Texture Fill Rate	420.2 GT/s	348.5 GT/s	314.6 GT/s	283.2 GT/s	233.3 GT/s	224.4 GT/s	201.6 GT/s
ROPs	88	64	64	64	64	64	48
Min. Pixel Fill Rate	118.8 GP/s	105.6 GP/s	97.0 GP/s	102.7 GP/s	90.2 GP/s	94.1 GP/s	65.5 GP/s
Max. Pixel Fill Rate	136.0 GP/s	116.2 GP/s	109.4 GP/s	113.3 GP/s	103.7 GP/s	105.6 GP/s	80.6 GP/s
Tensor Cores	544	384	368	320	288	272	240
RTX-OPS	76 T	63 T	57 T	52 T	42 T	41 T	37 T
Giga Rays/s	10	8	8	7	6	6	5
Memory Size	11 GB	8 GB	8 GB	8 GB	8 GB	8 GB	6 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6	GDDR6	GDDR6	GDDR6	GDDR6	GDDR6
Memory Speed	14 Gbps	15.5 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 Gbps
Bus Width	352-bit	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit	192-bit
Bandwidth	616 GB/s	496 GB/s	448 GB/s	448 GB/s	448 GB/s	448 GB/s	336 GB/s
TGP	250 watts	250 watts	215 watts	215 watts	175 watts	175 watts	160 watts
Launch Price	$999	$699	$699	$499	$499	$399	$349

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Price + Availability

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER has a launch price that starts at $699 / ~£560 / ~€623 / ~RM 2,875. This makes it $100 more expensive than the GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER.

Here are some direct purchase links and prices of various AIB custom cards (prices accurate as of 18 August 2019) :

Model	US	UK	Australia	Malaysia
ASUS ROG Strix RTX 2080S Advanced OC	$789.99	£739.99	$1,535.21	RM 3,999
ASUS ROG Strix RTX 2080S Gaming OC	$739.99	£823.29	NA	NA
ASUS ROG Strix RTX 2080S Gaming	NA	£803.09	NA	NA
ASUS DUAL RTX 2080 SUPER EVO OC	$729.99	£731.55	NA	RM 3,750
ASUS DUAL RTX 2080 SUPER EVO	NA	£763.99	NA	NA
EVGA RTX 2080 SUPER XC Hybrid Gaming	$789.99	£770.39	NA	NA
EVGA RTX 2080 SUPER FTW3 Ultra Gaming	$836.19	£769.99	NA	NA
EVGA RTX 2080 SUPER XC Ultra Gaming	$789.99	£739.99	NA	NA
EVGA RTX 2080 SUPER XC Gaming	$729.99	£729.99	NA	NA
EVGA RTX 2080 SUPER Black Gaming	$699.99	£689.99	NA	NA
EVGA RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming	$849.93	NA	NA	NA
GALAX RTX 2080 SUPER EX	NA	NA	$1,234.80	RM 3,288
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 2080S WATERFORCE	$839.99	£844.44	NA	NA
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 2080 SUPER	NA	£799.99	$1,419.00	RM 3,939
GIGABYTE RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming OC	$739.99	£734.99	$1,380.80	RM 3,699
GIGABYTE RTX 2080 SUPER Turbo	NA	£826.42	NA	NA
MSI RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio	$759.99	£774.96	$1,398.06	RM 3,790
MSI RTX 2080 SUPER Ventus OC	$729.99	£778.67	$1,328.85	NA
NVIDIA RTX 2080 SUPER Founders Edition	$789.99		$1,455.00	NA
PNY RTX 2080 SUPER XLR8 OC Triple Fan	NA	£790.25	NA	NA
PNY RTX 2080 SUPER Blower 8G	$2,050.41	£751.98	$2,050.41	NA
ZOTAC RTX 2080 SUPER AMP Extreme	NA	£739.00	NA	RM 3,599
ZOTAC RTX 2080 SUPER AMP	$739.99	£709.99	NA	RM 3,399
ZOTAC RTX 2080 SUPER Twin Fan	NA	£699.98	NA	RM 4,089.59

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Unboxing The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) comes in a large cardboard box that doubles as a stand. Let’s take a quick look around, before we unbox it and see what we find inside!

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) package is rather basic, but for those who are still using monitors with DVI ports, the bundled DP-to-DVI dongle will be very useful.

Next Page > NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER : Hands On + Key Features

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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Hands On!

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) has the full NVIDIA TU104 GPU with 3072 stream processors.

This gives it 192 TMUs and 64 ROPS, delivering a peak output of 349 GT/s and 116 GP/s, thanks to its higher clock speeds.

Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory runs at a higher speed speed of 1937.5 MHz, giving it a peak memory bandwidth of 496 GB/s.

Even though the TU104 GPU is fabricated on the 12 nm process technology, the card only needs 250 watts of power.

NVIDIA Turing

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX SUPER series continues to use the NVIDIA Turing microarchitecture, the first to introduce real-time ray tracing capabilities and new Tensor Cores.

It also continues to benefit from NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super-Sampling), which can be used to deliver better than TAA quality with a significantly lower performance penalty, or much better image quality – equivalent to 64X super sampling.

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RTX 2080 SUPER Power Requirements

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) is a true SUPER version of the GeForce RTX 2080.

It uses the full TU104 GPU with additional 256 stream processors, so it comes to no surprise that it would require 250 watts of power as well.

Like the GeForce RTX 2080 and the RTX 2070 SUPER, you will need a power supply with both 6-pin and 8-pin PCI Express power cables.

RTX 2080 SUPER Display Ports

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) has three DisplayPort 1.4 ports, each supporting up to 8K HDR resolution at 60 Hz, or 4K HDR at 120 Hz or more.

There is also a tiny USB-C VirtualLink port, which allows you to connect a VR headset. But guess what – it works like a standard USB-C port, so you can also connect any USB-C device to it!

For compatibility with older displays, there is a HDMI 2.0b port, which supports up to 4K HDR displays at up to 60 Hz… as well as a DP-to-DVI dongle, which allows you to hook it up to older monitors with a DVI port.

Next Page > RTX 2080 SUPER : Thermal Output, Noise Level + 3DMark Results

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Benchmarking Notes

In this review, we will take a look at its gaming performance, in comparison to 7 other graphics cards :

Here is a quick comparison of their key specifications :

	Min. Texture Fill Rate	Min. Pixel Fill Rate	Memory Size + Type	Memory Bandwidth
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	331.5 GT/s	130.2 GP/s	11 GB GDDR5X	484 GB/s
Radeon VII	336.0 GT/s	89.6 GP/s	16 GB HBM2	1028 GB/s
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER	316.8 GT/s	105.6 GP/s	8 GB GDDR6	496 GB/s
Radeon RX Vega 64	319.2 GT/s	81.5 GP/s	8 GB HBM2	484 GB/s
GeForce GTX 2070 SUPER	256.8 GT/s	102.7 GP/s	8 GB GDDR6	448 GB/s
Radeon RX 5700	211 GT/s	93.8 GP/s	8 GB GDDR6	448 GB/s
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER	199.9 GT/s	94.1 GP/s	8 GB GDDR6	448 GB/s
GeForce RTX 2060	163.8 GT/s	65.5 GP/s	6 GB GDDR6	336 GB/s

Here are the specifications of the AMD testbed we used.

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
Memory Speed	G.SKILL Sniper X DDR4-3400 (8 GB x 2) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 (8 GB x 2)
Monitor	Dell P2415Q Ultra HD Monitor
Storage	Western Digital Black²
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Thermal Output

We recorded the peak exhaust temperatures of those cards, to see how much heat they throw out. Take a look…

Note that these are not the recorded temperatures, but how much hotter the exhaust air is above ambient temperature.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Noise Level

In case you are wondering how loud the cooler is, we recorded it running Time Spy Extreme benchmark at the 4K resolution.

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) is quite a bit louder than the RTX 2070 SUPER (US | UK | MY), and much louder than the RTX 2060 SUPER (US | UK | MY).

But the two fans sure do keep it running cool, even during heavy loads!

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Synthetic Game Test – 3DMark

We used 3DMark’s Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme synthetic benchmarks, which offers a great approximation of gaming performance in general.

The Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme benchmarks support DirectX 12, and the latest features like asynchronous compute, and multi-threading support.

Time Spy – 2560 x 1440

In the Time Spy test, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) was far ahead of the competition.

It was 14% faster than the RTX 2070 SUPER, 24.5% faster than the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 33% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER, and a whopping 50% faster than the Radeon RX 5700!

Let’s see how much of an effect they have on the overall gaming score…

It turned out to be 12% faster than the RTX 2070 SUPER, 25% faster than the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 27% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER, and a 41% faster than the Radeon RX 5700!

Time Spy Extreme – 3840 x 2160

At the higher 4K resolution, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) maintained its lead over the other cards.

It was 13.5% faster than the RTX 2070 SUPER, 23% faster than the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 31% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER, and a whopping 53% faster than the new Radeon RX 5700!

And here were their overall gaming scores at 4K…

Its overall performance gap tightened a little at 4K.

It was now 11% faster than the RTX 2070 SUPER, 19% faster than the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 26% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER, and 44% faster than the Radeon RX 5700!

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F1 2019

F1 2019 is a really new racing game by Codemasters, released on 28 June 2019.

We tested it on three resolutions at the Ultra High settings :

1080p : 1920 x 1080
1440p : 2560 x 1440
2160p : 3840 x 2160

1080p Gaming Resolution

At 1080p, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) was 11% faster than the Radeon VII, 13% faster than the RTX 2070 SUPER, 32% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER, and 34% faster than the the Radeon RX 5700 and Vega 64 graphics cards.

1440p Gaming Resolution

At 1440p, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) was now 13% faster than the Radeon VII, 16% faster than the RTX 2070 SUPER, and 38% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER and Radeon RX 5700 graphics cards.

2160p Gaming Resolution

When we bumped up the resolution to 4K, it was the only graphics card to deliver frame rates in excess of 60 fps at all times.

It was now 17% faster than the Radeon VII and RTX 2070 SUPER, and 41.5% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER and Radeon RX 5700 graphics cards.

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World War Z

Based on the 2013 movie, World War Z is a relatively new third-person shooter game, released in April 2019.

We tested it on three resolutions using the Vulkan API at the Ultra High settings :

1080p : 1920 x 1080
1440p : 2560 x 1440
2160p : 3840 x 2160

Note : This game is known to be highly optimised for AMD Radeon cards.

1080p Gaming Resolution

At 1080p, World War Z was CPU-limited even with the new AMD Ryzen 7 3700X processor. So these results do not accurately reflect the performance of the cards.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) was just 2% faster than the RTX 2070 SUPER, 9% faster than the Radeon VII and RTX 2060 SUPER, and 12% faster than the RX 5700 and GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards.

1440p Gaming Resolution

When we kicked up the resolution, it was now 7% faster than the RTX 2070 SUPER, 8.5% faster than the Radeon VII, 10.5% faster than the Vega 64 and RX 5700 graphics cards.

2160p Gaming Resolution

At 4K, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) surprisingly lost to the Radeon VII by 4%.

On the other hand, it was 16% faster than the RTX 2070 SUPER and Vega 64, and 40% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER and the Radeon RX 5700.

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The Division 2

Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 is a new third-person shooter game released in March 2019.

We tested it on three resolutions using the Extreme settings :

1080p : 1920 x 1080
1440p : 2560 x 1440
2160p : 3840 x 2160

1080p Gaming Resolution

At 1080p, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) was 13% faster than the RTX 2070 SUPER, 17.5% faster than the Radeon VII, 31% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER, and 46% faster than the Radeon RX 5700.

1440p Gaming Resolution

When we bumped the resolution to 1440p, it was 17% faster than the RTX 2070 SUPER, 22% faster than the Radeon VII, 41% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER, and 53% faster than the Radeon RX 5700.

2160p Gaming Resolution

At 4K, it was 17% faster than the RTX 2070 SUPER, 23% faster than the Radeon VII, 45.5% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER, and an astounding 60% faster than the Radeon RX 5700.

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Strange Brigade

Strange Brigade is also a third-person shooter game, released in August 2018.

We tested it on three resolutions using the Vulkan API at the Ultra High settings :

1080p : 1920 x 1080
1440p : 2560 x 1440
2160p : 3840 x 2160

1080p Gaming Resolution

At 1080p, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) was 14-15% faster than the RTX 2070 SUPER and Radeon VII, 34% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER, and 44% faster than the Radeon RX 5700.

1440p Gaming Resolution

At 1440p, it was 12.5% faster than the Radeon VII, 15% faster than the RTX 2070 SUPER, 34% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER, and 43% faster than the Radeon RX 5700.

2160p Gaming Resolution

When we increased the resolution to 4K, it was just 2.4% faster than the Radeon VII, basically a tie.

On the other hand, it was 16% faster than the RTX 2070 SUPER, and 34% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER and Radeon RX 5700.

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Metro Exodus

Metro Exodus is a relatively new first-person shooter game, released in February 2019.

We tested it on three resolutions using the Ultra settings :

1080p : 1920 x 1080
1440p : 2560 x 1440
2160p : 3840 x 2160

1080p Gaming Resolution

At 1080p, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) was 10-11% faster than the Radeon VII, GTX 1080 Ti, and RTX 2070 SUPER graphics cards, and 27-29% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER and Radeon RX 5700.

1440p Gaming Resolution

At 1440p, it was 8.5% faster than the Radeon VII, 12% faster than the GTX 1080 Ti and RTX 2070 SUPER; 23% faster than the RX 5700, and 33% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER and Vega 64.

2160p Gaming Resolution

At 4K, it was just 5% faster than the Radeon VII, but 14% faster than the GTX 1080 Ti and RTX 2070 SUPER; and 33% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER and Vega 64.

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Ashes of the Singularity

Ashes of the Singularity is a 2016 realtime strategy game that supports multi-core processing and asynchronous compute.

We tested it on three resolutions using the DirectX 12 API at the Extreme settings :

1080p : 1920 x 1080
1440p : 2560 x 1440
2160p : 3840 x 2160

1080p Gaming Resolution

At 1080p, AOTS is CPU-limited. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) more or less tied with the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, Radeon VII, Radeon RX 5700 and RTX 2070 SUPER.

1440p Gaming Resolution

Even at 1440p, it was still CPU limited. It was just 3% faster than the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and RTX 2070 SUPER, and 5% faster than the Radeon VII and Radeon RX 5700.

2160p Gaming Resolution

At 4K, we could finally see the performance difference between the eight cards.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) was now 12% faster than the RTX 2070 SUPER and Radeon VII, 17% faster than the Radeon RX 5700, and 29% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER – Our Verdict!

Coming up with the RTX SUPER cards was easy for NVIDIA. They reused the same NVIDIA Turing GPUs that powered the RTX 20 series.

But of the three RTX SUPER cards they released, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) is the one true SUPER card.

While the RTX 2070 SUPER and RTX 2060 SUPER use cut-down versions of the RTX 2080 and RTX 2070 cards respectively, the RTX 2080 SUPER uses the full TU104 GPU and came with higher clock speeds, and faster GDDR6 memory.

This allows it to be much faster than a regular RTX 2080, at the same price point!

NVIDIA naturally dropped the RTX 2080, offering consumers the choice of the much faster RTX 2080 SUPER, or the much cheaper RTX 2070 SUPER.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) far outclasses the RX 5700, and the RX 5700 XT. But we managed to get our hands on the Radeon VII, which arguably is its closest AMD rival. Here is a summary of their performance in our six real world game benchmarks :

F1 2019 : RTX 2080S is faster by 11% (1080p), 13% (1440p) and 17% (2160p)
World War Z : RTX 2080S is 9% faster at 1080p and 1440p, Radeon VII is 4% faster at 2160p
The Division 2 : RTX 2080S is 17.5% faster at 1080p, 22-23% faster at 1440p and 2160p
Strange Brigade : RTX 2080S is 15% faster at 1080p, 12.5% faster at 1440p, but ties with the Radeon VII at 2160p
Metro Exodus : RTX 2080S is 10% faster at 1080p, 8.5% faster at 1440p, and just 5% faster at 2160p
AOTS : RTX 2080S is 5% faster at 1440p, and 12% faster at 2160p

Generally, we would say that GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) is roughly 10-15% faster than the Radeon VII and the RTX 2070 SUPER.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (US | UK | MY) is not only the one true SUPER card, it is the only one that can reliably deliver 4K gaming performance at 60 fps and beyond.

It is therefore, the logical choice, for those who want to game at 4K with most, if not all, of the graphics bells and whistles turned on.

However, you must be prepared to pay a 40% price premium of $200 over the RTX 2070 SUPER for roughly 12.5% better performance.

If you plan to game at 1440p, or don’t mind turning down some graphics features, buy the GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER instead.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Game Bundle

NVIDIA is bundling TWO GAMES – Wolfenstein : Youngblood and Control – with the RTX 2080 SUPER. They are worth at least $50, so that’s a really nice deal… if you like those games.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER – Where To Buy

Here are some direct purchase links and prices of various AIB custom cards (prices accurate as of 18 August 2019) :

Model	US	UK	Australia	Malaysia
ASUS ROG Strix RTX 2080S Advanced OC	$789.99	£739.99	$1,535.21	RM 3,999
ASUS ROG Strix RTX 2080S Gaming OC	$739.99	£823.29	NA	NA
ASUS ROG Strix RTX 2080S Gaming	NA	£803.09	NA	NA
ASUS DUAL RTX 2080 SUPER EVO OC	$729.99	£731.55	NA	RM 3,750
ASUS DUAL RTX 2080 SUPER EVO	NA	£763.99	NA	NA
EVGA RTX 2080 SUPER XC Hybrid Gaming	$789.99	£770.39	NA	NA
EVGA RTX 2080 SUPER FTW3 Ultra Gaming	$836.19	£769.99	NA	NA
EVGA RTX 2080 SUPER XC Ultra Gaming	$789.99	£739.99	NA	NA
EVGA RTX 2080 SUPER XC Gaming	$729.99	£729.99	NA	NA
EVGA RTX 2080 SUPER Black Gaming	$699.99	£689.99	NA	NA
EVGA RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming	$849.93	NA	NA	NA
GALAX RTX 2080 SUPER EX	NA	NA	$1,234.80	RM 3,288
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 2080S WATERFORCE	$839.99	£844.44	NA	NA
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 2080 SUPER	NA	£799.99	$1,419.00	RM 3,939
GIGABYTE RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming OC	$739.99	£734.99	$1,380.80	RM 3,699
GIGABYTE RTX 2080 SUPER Turbo	NA	£826.42	NA	NA
MSI RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio	$759.99	£774.96	$1,398.06	RM 3,790
MSI RTX 2080 SUPER Ventus OC	$729.99	£778.67	$1,328.85	NA
NVIDIA RTX 2080 SUPER Founders Edition	$789.99		$1,455.00	NA
PNY RTX 2080 SUPER XLR8 OC Triple Fan	NA	£790.25	NA	NA
PNY RTX 2080 SUPER Blower 8G	$2,050.41	£751.98	$2,050.41	NA
ZOTAC RTX 2080 SUPER AMP Extreme	NA	£739.00	NA	RM 3,599
ZOTAC RTX 2080 SUPER AMP	$739.99	£709.99	NA	RM 3,399
ZOTAC RTX 2080 SUPER Twin Fan	NA	£699.98	NA	RM 4,089.59

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The Official AMD Radeon VII Tech Briefing + Q&A Session

The Official AMD Radeon VII Tech Briefing

AMD held this exclusive tech briefing for select members of the media. We improved it with screenshots of the relevant slides, so you will be able to follow the tech briefing.

The Official AMD Radeon VII Q&A Session

The AMD Radeon VII tech briefing was followed by a rather long Q&A session. Check out what was asked and answered!

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AMD Radeon VII Specifications Compared

Specifications	AMD Radeon VII	AMD Radeon RX Vega 64	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
GPU	Vega 20	Vega 10	Vega 10
Transistor Count	13.2 Billion	12.5 Billion	12.5 Billion
Fabrication Process	7 nm	14 nm	14 nm
Die Size	331 mm²	495 mm²	495 mm²
Stream Processors	3840	4096	3584
Textures Per Clock	240	256	224
Pixels Per Clock	64	64	64
Base Clock Speed	1400 MHz	1247 MHz	1156 MHz
Boost Clock Speed	1750 MHz	1546 MHz	1471 MHz
Texture Fillrate	336~420.GT/s	319~396 GT/s	259~330 GT/s
Pixel Fillrate	89.6~112 GP/s	79.8~98.9 GP/s	74.0~94.1 GP/s
Graphics Memory	16 GB HBM2	8 GB HBM2	8 GB HBM2
Graphics Memory Bus Width	4096-bits	2048-bits	2048-bits
Graphics Memory Speed	1000 MHz	945 MHz	800 MHz
Graphics Memory Bandwidth	1024 GB/s	483.8 GB/s	409.6 GB/s
TDP	300 W	295 W	210 W
Launch Prices	$699	$499	$399

AMD Radeon VII Price + Availability

The AMD Radeon VII is available for sale with the launch price of US$699 SEP. It will come with three free games – Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry 5 and The Division 2.

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The AMD Radeon VII Key Features

The AMD Radeon VII is built on the second-generation Vega microarchitecture, fabricated using the latest 7 nm process technology. It is designed to deliver high refresh rates for HDR gaming at 4K60, as well as enable content creators to work with 8K content.

7nm Process Technology

The shift from the older 14 nm to the latest 7 nm process technology allows AMD to double the amount of on-die graphics memory, while reducing the die size from 495 mm² to just 331 mm².

Using a finer process technology will also allow the AMD Radeon VII to reduce power consumption as well as heat output.

2nd Generation Vega Architecture

The AMD Radeon VII is based on the 2nd Generation Vega architecture, which is an improved version of the AMD Vega architecture, and not a completely new microarchitecture.

Basically, AMD optimised the Vega microarchitecture to increase frequencies and reduce latency. They also increased the bandwidth for ROPs to improve gaming performance. In addition, they increase the number of floating point and integer accumulators to improve compute performance.

16 GB HBM2 Memory

The AMD Radeon VII comes with 16 GB of on-die HBM2 memory, delivering 1 TB/s of memory bandwidth using a wider 4,096-bit memory interface. AMD shared this comparison to show how the extra memory will help in preventing frame time spikes.

We have to point out though that those results were obtained by testing Far Cry 5 at 4K resolution on a 2K monitor (using VSR / DSR), which greatly increases memory utilisation. The effect will be less pronounced if they were testing at 4K using a 4K monitor.

Enhanced Thermal Monitoring

Older GPU designs use a single thermal sensor to measure GPU Temperature. AMD Vega-based graphics cards use a network of multiple thermal sensors to measure the Junction Temperature instead, for these benefits :

Increased performance : Controlling based on Junction Temperature from the extensive sensing network allows each GPU to reliably maximize its performance potential, while reporting an additional temperature that is more representative of the hottest parts of the GPU.

More dependable throttling : Extensive testing on Radeon VII shows that Junction Temperature provides a more effective control point for throttling and reliable operation of the GPU.

More control and information: Reporting Junction Temperature in addition to GPU Temperature provides gamers and enthusiasts with more insight into, and control over the operation of their graphics cards.

The new AMD Radeon VII has an impressive network of 64 temperature sensors distributed across the GPU. That is TWICE the thermal sensors used in the Vega 64.

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AMD Radeon VII Performance – Content Creation

Despite being marketed as the first 7 nm gaming graphics card, AMD focused heavily on its content creation performance, with 8K video editing in particular. That’s the usage model that will really make use of its very large 16 GB graphics memory.

In DaVinci Resolve, it was comparable to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 in performance.

In Adobe Premiere, it was slightly faster than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 in 8K video editing.

Only in LuxMark, an OpenCL ray tracing benchmark did it show a significant advantage over the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080.

In Blender, the Radeon VII is 27% faster than the Radeon RX Vega 64. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 is not shown because the results were based on using AMD Radeon ProRender.

When it’s using the native Cycles Renderer, the Radeon VII is 2-9% faster than the GeForce RTX 2080.

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AMD Radeon VII Performance – Gaming

1080p Gaming

At 1080p, the AMD Radeon VII was generally slightly slower than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080.

4K Gaming

The AMD Radeon VII narrowed the performance gap at 4K in many games, but in at least three games – its performance worsened, compared to the GeForce RTX 2080.