AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
amd
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory2560
Cores384 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 6700 XT
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5X
Memory2560
Cores320.3 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
12GB GDDR6 230W $722.22 Mar 2021
Radeon RX 6700 XT
$479 • Mar 2021
VS
GeForce GTX 1080
$599 • May 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8GB GDDR5X 180W N/A May 2016
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5X |
| TDP | 230 W | 180 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2581 MHz | 1733 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 384 GB/s | 320.3 GB/s |
| Process Size | 7nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 2560 |
| RT Cores | 40 | N/A |
| TMUs | 160 | 160 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1251 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 165.2 GPixel/s | 110.9 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 384 GTexel/s | 320.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 13.21 GFLOPS | 8.873 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 3.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 335 mm² | 314 mm² |
| Transistors | 17200 Million | 7200 Million |
| Required PSU | 550 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | 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
11452 (+57%)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
7282
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
110742 (+73%)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 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)
173.6 FPS (+95%)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
89.1 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
19837 (+27%)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
15572
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Game Benchmarks Comparison (178 benchmarks)
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+183%)
AVG 102 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+168%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+185%)
AVG 131 FPS
MIN 118 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+183%)
AVG 102 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
7 2026 • Action, Adventure Asobo Studio
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+95%)
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+94%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+84%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+84%)
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 103 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+87%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+83%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Sinking City 2
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+59%)
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+64%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Winner
Loser
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 6700 XT (+82%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
1440p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+82%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
2160p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+92%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+72%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+76%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+81%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 42 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 6700 XT (+103%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
1440p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+110%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+89%)
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+97%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 61 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 6700 XT (+23%)
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+37%)
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 6700 XT (+82%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Wins!
Based on 178 benchmarks across 51 games
89
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 6700 XT
VS
+55.1%
58
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
AMD • 12GB GDDR6
178
Wins
89
Avg FPS
75
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5X
0
Wins
58
Avg FPS
48
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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