Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 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
103
60
52
31
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
106
85
61
34
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
158
114
83
41
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
86
72
58
27
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
56
49
32
18
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
67
61
41
27
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
52
40
29
15
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
31
14
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
91
85
59
29
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High86155
1080p Ultra69127
1440p Ultra5094
4K Ultra2655
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
7284
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy759216983
Solar Bay1966864114
Port Royal16689710
Fire Strike2275539013
Night Raid82119155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
63994
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur152.4 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection71.6 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.73 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.15 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.03 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.32 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching238.9 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics6716.4 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
15576
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark8871191
DirectX 11124 fps187 fps
DirectX 1254 fps57 fps
GPU Compute7632 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
89.1 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)492.8 fpsn/a
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
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2884.4n/a

Blender

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

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 27, 2016 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Pascal RDNA 4.0
Codename GP104 Navi 44
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1607 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1733 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 2560 2048
TMUs 160 128
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units 20 32
Ray Tracing Cores No 32
Tensor Cores No 64
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 111 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 277 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 180 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 314 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 7 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 22.29 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1251 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 10000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
320.3 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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