ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 ROG Strix 8GB HBM2
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
What Buyers Say
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 ROG Strix 8GB HBM2
The ASUS ROG Strix RX Vega 64 earns praise for its strong 1440p gaming performance, quiet operation, and excellent build quality, especially when paired with FreeSync. However, some users report thermal pad issues, coil whine, high power draw, fan noise, and crashing. Overall, sentiment is mixed but leans positive, with many considering it a solid card if bought at a good price.
Pros
- Strong 1440p performance with FreeSync
- Quiet and cool operation
- Excellent build quality
- Smooth gameplay with adaptive sync
- Good value for money when bought at a reasonable price
Cons
- Thermal pad issues causing throttling
- Coil whine reported by some users
- Loud fans under load
- Power hungry (high wattage)
- Crashing and stability problems
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
The Gigabyte RTX 5080 WINDFORCE is widely praised for its excellent cooling, quiet operation, and strong 4K gaming performance. Many users highlight its compact size ideal for small form factor builds and the value at MSRP. A few note minor coil whine and some quality control concerns, but overall sentiment is very positive.
Pros
- Excellent cooling performance
- Quiet operation
- Strong 4K gaming performance
- Compact size for SFF builds
- Good value at MSRP
Cons
- Minor coil whine on some units
- Quality control issues reported
- High price above MSRP
- Modest generational performance uplift
- Large size for some cases
Scores
Specifications
| ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 ROG Strix | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX Vega 64 | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Vega | Blackwell |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 8 GB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | HBM2★ | GDDR7 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 84★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 56.279998779296875★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 56.279998779296875★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 350★ | 360 |
| Recommended PSU | — | 850★ |
| Power Connectors | — | 1 x 16-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 | 3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 1 | 3★ |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | — | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | 8192 x 8192 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 298★ | 304 |
| Slot Width | 2.9000000953674316 | 2.5★ |
| Form Factor | — | ATX |
| Weight | 1.59 kg | 0.56 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | — | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | DLSS 4 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | — | 12 |
| RGB | ✓★ | ✗ |
Pros & Cons
ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 ROG Strix 8GB HBM2
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong social proof (71st percentile)
- Below average compute (9th percentile)9th %ile
- Below average efficiency (15th percentile)15th %ile
- Below average rt (21st percentile)
- Below average connectivity (22nd percentile)
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
- Strong compute (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong raster (95th percentile)95th %ile
Pricing
Verdict
Scores 96 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 20 of 38 specs.
