AMD Radeon Pro Duo vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Comparison

FAQ

Q: What is the average benchmark score for the AMD Radeon GCN 3.0 for all G?G for all? The exact number? The exact number? The exact number? The exact number? The exact number? The exact number? The exact number? The exact number? This is the only overlapping benchmark in the database is the Geekbench OpenCL result.

A: The AMD scores 35,860 points in the Geekbench OpenCL result, on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti scores 128,171 points in the same test, giving the NVIDIA card a 72% advantage.

Q: How does the AMD Radeon Pro Duo compare to its closest rivals in overall performance?

A: The AMD card sits at the 80th percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA Quadro GV100 (average score 35,520, a 1% difference), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile (35,435, 1.2% difference), the NVIDIA T1000 (36,289, a -1.2% difference), and the AMD Radeon RX 5300M (36,529, a -1.8% difference). The data shows the Radeon Pro Duo is tightly clustered with these GPUs.

Q: What is the RTX 2080 Ti's position relative to its own competitor set?

A: The RTX 2080 Ti is at the 75th percentile. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile (29,928 average, -0.5% delta), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (29,945, -0.5% delta), the AMD Radeon RX 6800 (30,095, -1% delta), and the AMD FirePro W8000 (29,211, 2% delta). The RTX 2080 Ti's average score across all recorded tests is 29,783.

Q: Which card has a higher peak pixel throughput?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti achieves a pixel rate of 136.00 GPixel/s, while the AMD Radeon Pro Duo records 64.00 GPixel/s. The RTX 2080 Ti more than doubles the AMD card's pixel throughput.

Q: What are the launch MSRP values for both cards?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro Duo had a launch MSRP of 1,499 USD. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti had a launch MSRP of 999 USD.

Q: Which card has more shading units and texture mapping units?

A: The RTX 2080 Ti has 4,352 shading units and 272 TMUs. The Radeon Pro Duo has 4,096 shading units and 256 TMUs. The NVIDIA card holds a modest lead in both counts.

Architecture Differences

The AMD Radeon Pro Duo is built on the GCN 3.0 architecture, using the Capsaicin chip, and belongs to the Radeon Pro GCN generation. It is fabricated on a 28 nm process at TSMC. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti uses the Turing architecture with the TU102 chip, part of the GeForce 20-series, on a 12 nm process also at TSMC. The process node difference is substantial, with the RTX 2080 Ti using a smaller and more modern manufacturing process.

The transistor counts differ significantly. The AMD card packs 8,900 million transistors on a 596 mm² die, resulting in a transistor density of 14.9M per mm². The NVIDIA card has 18,600 million transistors on a 754 mm² die, yielding a density of 24.7M per mm². The Turing chip is both larger in absolute die size and denser in transistor packing.

Memory architecture is another major divergence. The Radeon Pro Duo uses 4 GB of HBM memory on a 4096-bit bus, with a memory clock of 500 MHz (1000 Mbps effective) and a bandwidth of 512.0 GB/s. The RTX 2080 Ti uses 11 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 352-bit bus, with a memory clock of 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) and a bandwidth of 616.0 GB/s. The AMD card relies on a very wide but slower memory interface, while NVIDIA uses a narrower but much faster GDDR6 implementation.

The RTX 2080 Ti includes dedicated hardware features that the AMD card lacks entirely: 68 RT cores for ray tracing and 544 tensor cores for AI acceleration. The Radeon Pro Duo has no corresponding units. The NVIDIA card also supports a higher DirectX version: 12 Ultimate (12_2) versus the AMD card's DirectX 12 (12_0). Vulkan support also differs: the RTX 2080 Ti lists Vulkan 1.4, while the Radeon Pro Duo lists Vulkan 1.2.170. OpenGL support is identical at 4.6 for both.

The RTX 2080 Ti has a higher FP32 throughput at 13.45 TFLOPS versus the Radeon Pro Duo's 8.192 TFLOPS. The FP16 comparison is starker: NVIDIA achieves 26.90 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio), while AMD's FP16 is 8.192 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio), meaning the NVIDIA card has more than three times the half-precision compute.

Where Each One Wins

Based on the recorded benchmark data, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti wins the only direct head-to-head comparison available (Geekbench OpenCL), and it does so by a dominant margin. The Radeon Pro Duo has zero recorded wins in the head-to-head section, while the RTX 2080 Ti has one.

The Radeon Pro Duo's strengths lie in its era-specific design: it was released on April 25, 2016, as a dual-GPU workstation card. Its 4 GB of HBM memory and 4096-bit bus were notable for their time, but the data shows it is outperformed by the much newer RTX 2080 Ti in the one test they share. The AMD card's 80th percentile ranking suggests it remains competitive with mid-range modern GPUs, but it is not at the top tier.

The RTX 2080 Ti, released on September 19, 2018, excels in raw compute and modern feature support. Its 11 GB of GDDR6 memory, RT cores, and tensor cores make it suitable for ray tracing and AI-accelerated workloads, areas where the Radeon Pro Duo has no hardware support. The NVIDIA card's 75th percentile ranking understates its performance in the Geekbench OpenCL test, where it scores 128,171, far beyond its average of 29,783 across all tests.

For users prioritizing raw OpenCL compute, the RTX 2080 Ti is the clear choice. The Radeon Pro Duo may still appeal in legacy workstation contexts where its specific GCN 3.0 feature set and HBM memory are relevant, but the benchmark evidence does not favor it.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every specification category. The process node is 28 nm for AMD versus 12 nm for NVIDIA. The transistor count is 8,900 million versus 18,600 million. Die size is 596 mm² versus 754 mm². Transistor density is 14.9M per mm² versus 24.7M per mm².

Clock speeds: the Radeon Pro Duo has no listed base or boost clock, while the RTX 2080 Ti has a base clock of 1350 MHz and a boost clock of 1545 MHz. Memory clocks are 500 MHz (1000 Mbps effective) for AMD versus 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) for NVIDIA.

Memory specifications diverge completely: 4 GB HBM versus 11 GB GDDR6, 4096-bit versus 352-bit bus, 512.0 GB/s versus 616.0 GB/s bandwidth. Compute units: 4,096 shading units versus 4,352, 256 TMUs versus 272, 64 ROPs versus 88. The RTX 2080 Ti has 68 RT cores and 544 tensor cores; the Radeon Pro Duo has none.

Pixel rate is 64.00 GPixel/s versus 136.00 GPixel/s. Texture rate is 256.0 GTexel/s versus 420.2 GTexel/s. FP32 is 8.192 TFLOPS versus 13.45 TFLOPS. FP16 is 8.192 TFLOPS (1:1) versus 26.90 TFLOPS (2:1).

Power specifications: the AMD card is rated at 350 W TDP with 3x 8-pin power connectors and a suggested PSU of 750 W. The NVIDIA card is rated at 250 W TDP with 2x 8-pin connectors and a suggested PSU of 600 W. Both are dual-slot cards.

Dimensions: the Radeon Pro Duo is 277 mm (10.9 inches) long and 111 mm (4.4 inches) high. The RTX 2080 Ti is 267 mm (10.5 inches) long, 116 mm (4.6 inches) high, and 35 mm (1.4 inches) wide. Display outputs: AMD has 1x HDMI 1.4a and 3x DisplayPort 1.2; NVIDIA has 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, and 1x USB Type-C.

The API support differs: DirectX 12 (12_0) versus 12 Ultimate (12_2), Vulkan 1.2.170 versus 1.4, and the same OpenGL 4.6. Release dates are April 25, 2016 versus September 19, 2018. The AMD card lists FirePro GCN as predecessor and Radeon Pro Polaris as successor; NVIDIA lists GeForce 10 and GeForce 30 respectively.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains one direct head-to-head benchmark between these two cards: Geekbench OpenCL. The AMD Radeon Pro Duo scores 35,860, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti scores 128,171. The delta is -72%, meaning the RTX 2080 Ti outperforms the AMD card by 72% in this specific test. This is a decisive victory for NVIDIA, and it is the only win recorded in the head-to-head section.

To contextualize the AMD score, the Radeon Pro Duo's nearest rivals in the database are the NVIDIA Quadro GV100 at 35,520 (1% difference), the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile at 35,435 (1.2% difference), the NVIDIA T1000 at 36,289 (-1.2% difference), and the AMD Radeon RX 5300M at 36,529 (-1.8% difference). The Radeon Pro Duo's OpenCL score is essentially in line with these mid-range competitors, all within roughly 2% of each other.

The RTX 2080 Ti's Geekbench OpenCL score of 128,171 stands far above its own average benchmark score of 29,783. This suggests the OpenCL test is particularly favorable to the NVIDIA architecture, or that the other tests in its suite (such as PassMark and 3DMark) pull the average down. Its nearest rivals include the RTX 5070 Mobile at 29,928 (-0.5%), the RTX 3070 Ti at 29,945 (-0.5%), the AMD Radeon RX 6800 at 30,095 (-1%), and the AMD FirePro W8000 at 29,211 (2%). The RTX 2080 Ti's average is consistent with these GPUs, but its OpenCL peak is dramatically higher.

The RTX 2080 Ti's other recorded benchmarks show a varied profile: PassMark G3D at 21,548, PassMark GPU Compute at 10,056, PassMark G2D at 927, PassMark DirectX 11 at 190, PassMark DirectX 9 at 235, PassMark DirectX 10 at 153, PassMark DirectX 12 at 84, 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 at 3,537, and Geekbench Vulkan at 132,930. These numbers illustrate that the NVIDIA card excels in compute-heavy workloads like Vulkan and OpenCL, while its DirectX legacy scores are comparatively low.

The single head-to-head result is unambiguous: the RTX 2080 Ti dominates the Radeon Pro Duo in OpenCL compute. Given that the AMD card has no other recorded benchmarks in the database, there is no evidence of any workload where it outperforms the NVIDIA card. The data suggests that for any compute task measured by Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 2080 Ti is the superior choice by a wide margin.