Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 vs AMD Radeon 680M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, vs AMD Radeon 680M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon 680M
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
103
60
52
31
42
23
17
10
The Witcher 3
106
85
61
34
19
21
10
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
158
114
83
41
39
23
20
n/a
Far Cry 6
86
72
58
27
33
27
19
9
Hogwarts Legacy
56
49
32
18
18
12
9
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
67
61
41
27
27
24
19
10
Ghost of Tsushima
52
40
29
15
19
11
9
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
31
14
19
15
10
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
91
85
59
29
25
24
17
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High8627
1080p Ultra6920
1440p Ultra5014
4K Ultra26-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
7284
AMD Radeon 680M
2194
Time Spy75922337
Solar Bay1966810075
Port Royal16681022
Fire Strike227556948
Night Raid8211927970
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
63994
AMD Radeon 680M
28675
Background Blur152.4 frames/s73.8 frames/s
Face Detection71.6 frames/s30.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.73 Gpix/sec0.93 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.15 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.03 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.32 Gpix/sec0.37 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching238.9 Gpix/sec105 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics6716.4 fps4640 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
15576
AMD Radeon 680M
4668
G2D Mark887751
DirectX 11124 fps45 fps
DirectX 1254 fps22 fps
GPU Compute7632 Ops/s2163 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
89.1 fps
AMD Radeon 680M
27.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)492.8 fps142 fps
Car Chase442.5 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)409.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex2270.6 fpsn/a
ALU 22401.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2275.7 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLVulkan
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2884.4n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced May, 27, 2016 January, 1, 2022
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture Pascal RDNA 2.0
Codename GP104 Rembrandt
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1607 MHz 400 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1733 MHz 2200-2400 MHz
Shader Units 2560 768
TMUs 160 48
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units 20 12
Ray Tracing Cores No 12
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 111 Gpix/sec 70-77 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 277 GTex/s 106-115 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 3.4-3.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 180 W 15 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 6 nm
Transistor Size 314 mm² 208 mm²
Transistor count 7 billion 13.1 billion
Transistor density 22.29 MTr/mm² 62.98 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5X System Shared
Memory Frequency 1251 MHz n/a
Bus 256 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 10000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 8 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
320.3 GB/s
AMD Radeon 680M
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

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