nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5X
Memory2560
Cores320.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
VS
amd
Brand6GB GDDR6
Memory2304
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8GB GDDR5X 180W $599 May 2016
GeForce GTX 1080
$599 • May 2016
VS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
$279 • Jan 2020
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
6GB GDDR6 150W $279 Jan 2020
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 | AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 180 W | 150 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1733 MHz | 1560 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320.3 GB/s | 288 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 7nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | RDNA 1.0 |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 2304 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 160 | 144 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1251 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 110.9 GPixel/s | 99.84 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320.3 GTexel/s | 288 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 8.873 GFLOPS | 7.188 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | 251 mm² |
| Transistors | 7200 Million | 10300 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 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
7282 (+4%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
7012
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
63994
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
66629 (+4%)
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
89.1 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
92.1 FPS (+3%)
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
15572 (+15%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
13505
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison (171 benchmarks)
The Lord of the Rings Gollum
2023 • Daedalic Entertainment
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+2%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+6%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+20%)
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr 2.1 quality
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+7%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr 2.1 quality
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+2%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr 2.1 quality
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+6%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Winner
Loser
Redfall
8.3 2023 • Action, Adventure Arkane Austin
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+0%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+6%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+0%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+0%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+0%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+15%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Winner
Loser
Metal Hellsinger
7.4 2022 • Action, Adventure The Outsiders
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+6%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+2%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+0%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
UNCHARTED Legacy of Thieves Collection
7.8 2022 • Adventure Naughty Dog LLC, Iron Galaxy Studios
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+16%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+15%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+17%)
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 10 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr 2.1 quality
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+15%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+4%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+100%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Winner
Loser
Scars Above
7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure Mad Head Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+13%)
AVG 119 FPS
MIN 105 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 105 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+11%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+8%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce GTX 1080 (+17%)
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 100 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce GTX 1080 (+20%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1
GeForce GTX 1080 (+22%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
Sons Of The Forest
7.5 2023 • Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation Endnight Games Ltd
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+17%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+8%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+4%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Wins!
Based on 171 benchmarks across 52 games
63
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
VS
+12.3%
56
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5X
132
Wins
63
Avg FPS
54
Min FPS
77%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
AMD • 6GB GDDR6
28
Wins
56
Avg FPS
47
Min FPS
16%
Win Rate
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