AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
amd
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2048
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 6600 XT
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5X
Memory2560
Cores320.3 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
8GB GDDR6 160W $299.99 Jul 2021
Radeon RX 6600 XT
$379 • Jul 2021
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 6600 XT | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5X |
| TDP | 160 W | 180 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2589 MHz | 1733 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 320.3 GB/s |
| Process Size | 7nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 2560 |
| RT Cores | 32 | N/A |
| TMUs | 128 | 160 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1251 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 165.7 GPixel/s | 110.9 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 320.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 10.6 GFLOPS | 8.873 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 237 mm² | 314 mm² |
| Transistors | 11060 Million | 7200 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | 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
9026 (+24%)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
7282
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
84088 (+31%)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
63994
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
116.8 FPS (+31%)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
89.1 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
16474 (+6%)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
15572
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Game Benchmarks Comparison (121 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
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+36%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
1440p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+36%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
2160p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+46%)
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+28%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+32%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+37%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
007 First Light
8 2026 • Action, Adventure IO Interactive A/S
1080p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+53%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
1440p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+60%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+43%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+47%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Winner
Loser
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
8.7 2022 • Action, Adventure, Casual Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+1%)
AVG 83 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+7%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+21%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
Scars Above
7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure Mad Head Games
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+13%)
AVG 132 FPS
MIN 119 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+3%)
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+0%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
Winner
Loser
Sifu
8.7 2022 • Action, Indie Sloclap
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+29%)
AVG 274 FPS
MIN 186 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 212 FPS
MIN 140 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+17%)
AVG 176 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 151 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+10%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light 2 Stay Human
8 2022 • Action, Adventure, RPG Techland
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+32%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+46%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+56%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr 3 quality
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+40%)
AVG 109 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr 3 quality
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+36%)
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| fsr 3 quality
Radeon RX 6600 XT (+47%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Wins!
Based on 121 benchmarks across 35 games
73
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 6600 XT
VS
+23.6%
59
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
AMD • 8GB GDDR6
118
Wins
73
Avg FPS
61
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5X
1
Wins
59
Avg FPS
49
Min FPS
1%
Win Rate
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