nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5X
Memory2560
Cores320.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores179.2 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce GTX 1080
$599 • May 2016
Radeon R9 270X
$199 • Oct 2013
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 | AMD Radeon R9 270X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 180 W | 180 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1733 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320.3 GB/s | 179.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | GCN 1.0 |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 1280 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 160 | 80 |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1251 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 110.9 GPixel/s | 33.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320.3 GTexel/s | 179.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 8.873 GFLOPS | 2.688 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 0.50 MB |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 7200 Million | 2800 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 11.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| 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
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon R9 270X
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon R9 270X
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5X
AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
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