amd
Brand4GB GDDR6
Memory1024
Cores143.9 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5X
Memory2560
Cores320.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Radeon RX 6500 XT
$199 • Jan 2022
GeForce GTX 1080
$599 • May 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5X |
| TDP | 107 W | 180 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2815 MHz | 1733 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s | 320.3 GB/s |
| Process Size | 6nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 2560 |
| RT Cores | 16 | N/A |
| TMUs | 64 | 160 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 64-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2248 MHz | 1251 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 90.08 GPixel/s | 110.9 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 143.9 GTexel/s | 320.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.765 GFLOPS | 8.873 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | 314 mm² |
| Transistors | 5400 Million | 7200 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Game Benchmarks Comparison (3 benchmarks)
Scars Above
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Wins!
Based on 3 benchmarks across 1 games
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD • 4GB GDDR6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5X
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