'Launch MSRP' matched the GTX1080,
but launch MSRP was not available for long (the first few hundred cards per retailer) with real-world pricing rapidly rising above the GTX1080.
Performance was for all intents and purposes matched with the GTX1080 (some games a few percent faster, some slower) but it was clear from
the power consumption being ~1.5x the GTX1080 that the cards were run at the highest voltage AMD could release with to push the clocks necessary to meet that performance goal. This also put the Vega series in the unique situation where any meaningful overclock required
undervolting to open up any meaningful power-limit headroom - as well as a healthy dose of silicon lottery to have a card that could operate at even stock clocks when undervolted.