amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 590
VS
nvidia
Brand11GB GDDR5X
Memory3584
Cores484.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 590
8GB GDDR5 175W $279 Nov 2018
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
VS
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
$699 • Mar 2017
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
11GB GDDR5X 250W $699 Mar 2017
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 590 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 11 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5X |
| TDP | 175 W | 250 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 1582 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 484.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 3584 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 144 | 224 |
| ROPs | 32 | 88 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 352-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1376 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 49.44 GPixel/s | 139.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 484.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 7.119 GFLOPS | 11.34 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.75 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 471 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 11800 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-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
9688 (+110%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
45783
AMD Radeon RX 590
74966 (+64%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
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
118.7 FPS (+94%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9375
AMD Radeon RX 590
18594 (+98%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (273 benchmarks)
Scars Above
7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure Mad Head Games
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+124%)
AVG 152 FPS
MIN 138 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+134%)
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+132%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
ICARUS
7.7 2021 • Action, Adventure, Simulation RocketWerkz
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+111%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+111%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+129%)
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 7 FPS
MIN 5 FPS
Winner
Loser
Chorus
8.9 2021 • Action, Adventure Deep Silver Fishlabs
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+113%)
AVG 228 FPS
MIN 182 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+118%)
AVG 146 FPS
MIN 118 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+150%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
8 2021 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+111%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+110%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+133%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Jurassic World Evolution 2
8 2021 • Simulation, Strategy Frontier Developments
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+95%)
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+93%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+338%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 8 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
King's Bounty II
8 2021 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy Fulqrum Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+115%)
AVG 144 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+124%)
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+133%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
Radeon RX 590
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Wins!
Based on 273 benchmarks across 87 games
42
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 590
VS
+94.5%
83
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
0
Wins
42
Avg FPS
36
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA • 11GB GDDR5X
272
Wins
83
Avg FPS
69
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
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