GPU Showdown

Radeon Vega Frontier EditionvsGeForce RTX 4080

The GeForce RTX 4080 is a modern gaming and creative GPU for enthusiasts who want top-tier ray tracing and high frame rates, while the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is a workstation card built for professional compute tasks like rendering and scientific simulation.

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
16 GB · 300W
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
16 GB · 320W
AMD

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

GCN 5.0 · TSMC 14 nm · 2017

31score
3.5/ 5
0 votes
VRAM
16 GB
TDP
300W
CUDA Cores
4,096
Boost Clock
1600 MHz

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NVIDIA

GeForce RTX 4080

Ada Lovelace · TSMC 5 nm · 2022

83score
4.2/ 5
0 votes
VRAM
16 GB
TDP
320W
Shaders
9,728
Boost Clock
2505 MHz

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Aggregate Performance

Overall Performance Score

A unified score from combined synthetic and real-world benchmarks. 100 represents the fastest consumer GPU available.

Vega Frontier Edition
31
RTX 4080Winner
83
RTX 4080 leads by 167.7% in aggregate performance.
Where they rank overall
#4RTX 508086
#5RTX 408083
#6RTX 4080 SUPER82
#86RX Vega 5631
#87Vega Frontier Edition31
#88GTX 1660 Super30
Technical Specifications

Side-by-Side Specs

Every detail compared. Highlighted cells indicate the leading value for that metric.

SpecsVega Frontier EditionRTX 4080
General
Process Node14 nm5 nm
Memory
VRAM16 GB16 GB
Memory TypeHBM2GDDR6X
Memory Bus2048-bit256-bit
Bandwidth483.8 GB/s716.8 GB/s
Compute
CUDA Cores4,0969,728
TMUs256304
ROPs64112
Boost Clock1600 MHz2505 MHz
FP3213.11 TF48.74 TF
Power
TDP300320
Power Connectors2x 8-pin1x 16-pin
Display
Max Resolution7680×43207680×4320
Display Outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Verdict

Which should you buy?

Winner overall

The GeForce RTX 4080 wins overall for gamers and creators, far outpacing the older Radeon Vega Frontier Edition in speed and features.

Best value

The GeForce RTX 4080 is the smarter pick for budget buyers, offering much faster performance for a similar price to the Vega Frontier Edition.

When the other wins

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is the right choice for legacy professional workflows that require certified drivers and HBM2 memory stability.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is the Vega Frontier Edition better than the RTX 4080?

Overall the RTX 4080 is the stronger graphics card: it ranks higher in our aggregate performance score (83 vs 31 out of 100), so it leads the Vega Frontier Edition in most workloads.

How much faster is the RTX 4080 than the Vega Frontier Edition?

Based on our aggregated benchmark scores the RTX 4080 is roughly 168% faster than the Vega Frontier Edition overall. The real-world gap varies by game, resolution and settings.

Which should you buy, the Vega Frontier Edition or the RTX 4080?

If you want the most performance, pick the RTX 4080. If the Vega Frontier Edition is meaningfully cheaper where you shop, it can be the better value for similar real-world results — check current prices and the full spec comparison above before deciding.