NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 VS AMD Radeon RX 580
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5X
Memory2560
Cores320.3 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1080
VS
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8GB GDDR5X 180W N/A May 2016
GeForce GTX 1080
$599 • May 2016
VS
Radeon RX 580
$229 • Apr 2017
AMD Radeon RX 580
8GB GDDR5 185W N/A Apr 2017
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 | AMD Radeon RX 580 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 180 W | 185 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1733 MHz | 1340 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320.3 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 2304 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 160 | 144 |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1251 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 110.9 GPixel/s | 42.88 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320.3 GTexel/s | 256 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 8.873 GFLOPS | 6.175 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | 232 mm² |
| Transistors | 7200 Million | 5700 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
7282 (+74%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
4176
AMD Radeon RX 580
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
63994 (+58%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
40514
AMD Radeon RX 580
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
FPS
AMD Radeon RX 580
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
15572 (+76%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8835
AMD Radeon RX 580
Game Benchmarks Comparison (401 benchmarks)
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+70%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+87%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+78%)
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 9 FPS
MIN 7 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1080 (+74%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1080 (+100%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr balanced
GeForce GTX 1080 (+200%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 9 FPS
MIN 8 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resident Evil Requiem
8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| high
Radeon RX 580 (+4%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Radeon RX 580 (+0%)
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Lord of the Rings Gollum
2023 • Daedalic Entertainment
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+53%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+59%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 1080 (+64%)
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
1080p
| high
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+32%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1440p
| high
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+50%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
2160p
| high
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+67%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Redfall
8.3 2023 • Action, Adventure Arkane Austin
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+68%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+78%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+67%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+16%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+63%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+96%)
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Metal Hellsinger
7.4 2022 • Action, Adventure The Outsiders
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+61%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+58%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+71%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
UNCHARTED Legacy of Thieves Collection
7.8 2022 • Adventure Naughty Dog LLC, Iron Galaxy Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+11%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 1080 (+23%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon RX 580 (+14%)
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+15%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+33%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| fsr 2.1 quality
GeForce GTX 1080 (+50%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Radeon RX 580
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Wins!
Based on 398 benchmarks across 127 games
70
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1080
VS
+63.4%
43
Avg FPS
Radeon RX 580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5X
391
Wins
70
Avg FPS
59
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate
AMD Radeon RX 580
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
2
Wins
43
Avg FPS
36
Min FPS
1%
Win Rate
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