Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
118
73
62
42
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
131
108
80
43
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
198
143
105
53
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
103
89
73
38
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
74
63
45
24
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
89
82
55
38
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
72
55
39
22
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
76
68
40
19
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
119
112
79
41
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High109155
1080p Ultra88127
1440p Ultra6494
4K Ultra3655
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9689
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy998316983
Solar Bay2592764114
Port Royal22559710
Fire Strike2933239013
Night Raid95126155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
74966
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur200.9 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection88.6 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.55 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.57 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.79 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.33 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching265.6 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics6315.6 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18592
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark9371191
DirectX 11151 fps187 fps
DirectX 1265 fps57 fps
GPU Compute9701 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118.7 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)583.6 fpsn/a
Car Chase533.8 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)507.1 fpsn/a
T-Rex2784.7 fpsn/a
ALU 27894.6 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2273.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation3894.3n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 10, 2017 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Pascal RDNA 4.0
Codename GP102 Navi 44
Price 699 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1481 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1582 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 3584 2048
TMUs 224 128
ROPs 88 64
Execution Units 28 32
Ray Tracing Cores No 32
Tensor Cores No 64
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2816 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 139 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 354 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 11.3 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 250 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 471 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 23.35 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1376 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 352 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 11000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 11 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
484.4 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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