ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming vs MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X

Comparison of GPU cores for ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X graphics cards. The GPU core data contains the number of blocks (in the AMD documentation these blocks are called Shader Engine (SE), while Nvidia calls them Graphics Processing Clusters (GPC), words are different, the essence is the same) and ROP/TMUs (Raster Processing Units). These characteristics have a great influence on the GPU computing power.

• Based on
  AMD RX Vega 56 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
• GPU Chip
  Vega 10 XL TU104
• Execution units
  56 46
• Shader
  3584 2944
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Texture Units
  256 184

The values comparison for the amount, type and speed of memory, along with the bandwidth in the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X GPUs. A sufficiently large amount of graphics memory with high frequency and adequate bandwidth positively affects the speed of high resolution texture processing.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  HBM2 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  0.8 GHz 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  410 GB/s 448 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  2048 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the base and maximum frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X graphics cards. These values are not displayed in the BIOS, but can be viewed with the help of diagnostic utilities such as GPU-Z or Everest.

• Base Clock
  1.297 GHz+ 12 % 1.515 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.573 GHz+ 7 % 1.860 GHz+ 9 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.710 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Comparison of the thermal design power of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X GPUs. The TDP number determines the maximum power consumption of your graphics card. The specifications for computer ventilation and power supply are often based on the TDP numbers and should be optimized for it.

• TDP
  300 W+ 43 % 260 W+ 21 %
• TDP (up)
  -- 310 W+ 30 %
• Tjunction max
  -- 89 °C
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Here we are going to look at the types of cooling systems for ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X as well as their sizes and performance. As a rule, fans with larger diameters have an advantage because they can move the same volumes of air while rotating more slowly than smaller fans. It should be noted that liquid cooling systems in addition to fans and aluminum radiators need some kind of pump, which can also be noisy.

• Fan-Type
  Axial --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Water cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm --
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- 0 dB

Number and types of sockets for video output and connection in ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X GPUs.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  -- 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  2x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  1 --
• USB-C Ports
  -- 1

In this section, we'll explore what functions the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X GPUs have. In addition, we have added ray tracing support to achieve the proper simulation of light rays and shadows. The list can vary slightly depending on the manufacturer.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_1 12_2
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  ASUS Aura Sync MSI Mystic Light

Let's compare how ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X support popular codecs h264, VP8, h265 / HEVC, VP9 and AV1. The availability of such video codecs helps reduce the load on the graphics card during the playback or creation of videos. This has a positive effect on reducing power consumption and heat generation by the GPU.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No No

The comparison of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X graphics cards dimensions. With knowledge of the exact measurements of the graphics card, you can check whether it is possible to put it in the case of your PC. We have also added support for PCI Express bus.

• Length
  298 mm 305 mm
• Height
  139 mm 169 mm
• Width
  53 mm 42 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1365 g

Here you can find information about the type (for desktops or laptops) and architecture of ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming and MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X, along with the sales starting time and the price at that moment. We provide a link to the GPU specifications directly from its manufacturer.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q2/2019
• Release price
  -- 849 $
• Structure size
  14 nm 12 nm
• Part-no
  ROG-STRIX-RXVEGA56-O8G-GAMING --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet