Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 vs AMD Radeon 780M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, vs AMD Radeon 780M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon 780M
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
51
26
22
12
The Witcher 3
106
85
61
34
29
25
13
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
158
114
83
41
46
27
19
n/a
Far Cry 6
86
72
58
27
39
31
19
10
Hogwarts Legacy
56
49
32
18
20
15
11
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
67
61
41
27
35
29
20
12
Ghost of Tsushima
52
40
29
15
20
16
10
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
31
14
20
19
11
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
91
85
59
29
35
31
18
9
Avg FPS
1080p High8633
1080p Ultra6924
1440p Ultra5016
4K Ultra26-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
7284
AMD Radeon 780M
2675
Time Spy75922781
Solar Bay1966811162
Port Royal16681580
Fire Strike227557824
Night Raid8211933611
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
63994
AMD Radeon 780M
32713
Background Blur152.4 frames/s86.4 frames/s
Face Detection71.6 frames/s35.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.73 Gpix/sec1.03 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.15 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.03 Gpix/sec1.41 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.32 Gpix/sec0.41 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching238.9 Gpix/sec132.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics6716.4 fps4470.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
15576
AMD Radeon 780M
7001
G2D Mark887878
DirectX 11124 fps67 fps
DirectX 1254 fps31 fps
GPU Compute7632 Ops/s3719 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
89.1 fps
AMD Radeon 780M
34.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)492.8 fps183.4 fps
Car Chase442.5 fps202.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)409.2 fps161.6 fps
T-Rex2270.6 fps699.9 fps
ALU 22401.8 fps849.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2275.7 fps268.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2884.41373.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced May, 27, 2016 January, 4, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Pascal RDNA 3.0
Codename GP104 Phoenix
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1607 MHz 800 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1733 MHz 2700-2800 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 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 111 Gpix/sec 86-90 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 277 GTex/s 130-134 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 4.1-4.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 180 W 15 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 314 mm² 178 mm²
Transistor count 7 billion 25.4 billion
Transistor density 22.29 MTr/mm² 142.7 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5X System Shared
Memory Frequency 1251 MHz n/a
Bus 256 bit n/a
ECC support No n/a
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 780M
n/a

API

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

Results

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