AMD Radeon RX 590 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 590
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5X
Memory2560
Cores320.3 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX 590
8GB GDDR5 175W N/A Nov 2018
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
VS
GeForce GTX 1080
$599 • May 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8GB GDDR5X 180W N/A May 2016
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 590 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5X |
| TDP | 175 W | 180 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 1733 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 320.3 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 2560 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 160 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1251 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 49.44 GPixel/s | 110.9 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 320.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 7.119 GFLOPS | 8.873 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 314 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 7200 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
4611
AMD Radeon RX 590
7282 (+58%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
45783
AMD Radeon RX 590
63994 (+40%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
61.2 FPS
AMD Radeon RX 590
89.1 FPS (+46%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9375
AMD Radeon RX 590
15572 (+66%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Game Benchmarks Comparison (320 benchmarks)
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
8 2026 • Action, Adventure Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai
1080p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+22%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
1440p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+16%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
2160p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+18%)
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+26%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+21%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+23%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+55%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+65%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+60%)
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 10 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1080 (+60%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1080 (+80%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1080 (+170%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 10 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resident Evil Requiem
8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 590 (+14%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 590 (+10%)
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Lord of the Rings Gollum
2023 • Daedalic Entertainment
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+41%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+46%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+50%)
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+21%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+36%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+52%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Redfall
8.3 2023 • Action, Adventure Arkane Austin
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+52%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+63%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+50%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+5%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+49%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+80%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
Metal Hellsinger
7.4 2022 • Action, Adventure The Outsiders
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+46%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+44%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+60%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Wins!
Based on 320 benchmarks across 97 games
41
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 590
VS
+48.5%
61
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
3
Wins
41
Avg FPS
34
Min FPS
1%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5X
316
Wins
61
Avg FPS
51
Min FPS
99%
Win Rate
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