NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 VS AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5X
Memory2560
Cores320.3 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1080
VS
amd
Brand6GB GDDR6
Memory2304
Cores288 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 5600 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8GB GDDR5X 180W N/A May 2016
GeForce GTX 1080
$599 • May 2016
VS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
$279 • Jan 2020
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
6GB GDDR6 150W N/A 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 (203 benchmarks)
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+53%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+52%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+48%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+44%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 44 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 5600 XT (+2%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+15%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+36%)
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+0%)
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+9%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+25%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Sinking City 2
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+9%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce GTX 1080 (+9%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 16 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 5600 XT (+14%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
1440p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+14%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
2160p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+23%)
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 13 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+13%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+18%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+19%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 24 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 5600 XT (+13%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
1440p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+20%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+2%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+19%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Winner
Loser
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+18%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+7%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+13%)
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+8%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+8%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr balanced
Radeon RX 5600 XT (+15%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Wins!
Based on 203 benchmarks across 60 games
58
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
VS
+9.4%
53
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 5600 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5X
137
Wins
58
Avg FPS
49
Min FPS
67%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
AMD • 6GB GDDR6
54
Wins
53
Avg FPS
45
Min FPS
27%
Win Rate
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