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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs AMD Radeon RX 6600

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
31 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 6600
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
AMD Radeon RX 6600

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs AMD Radeon RX 6600. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and AMD Radeon RX 6600
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5080
vs
AMD Radeon RX 6600

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
140
81
66
45
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
125
108
74
38
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
202
142
96
52
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
110
98
73
42
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
76
62
47
22
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
103
95
66
42
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
80
63
45
23
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
80
71
42
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
137
118
85
39
Avg FPS
1080p High238117
1080p Ultra20393
1440p Ultra16366
4K Ultra9736
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
AMD Radeon RX 6600
10197
Time Spy3305710423
Solar Bay15490844973
Port Royal231635820
Fire Strike7499426478
Night Raid20040998514
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 6600]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
AMD Radeon RX 6600
58048
Background Blur319.6 frames/s104.1 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s79.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec2.05 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec2.61 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec2.59 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec0.64 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec257.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps7635.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 6600]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
AMD Radeon RX 6600
15100
G2D Mark1396881
DirectX 11322 fps152 fps
DirectX 12148 fps51 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s6706 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 6600]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6600
96.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps567.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a427.9 fps
T-Rexn/a1906.1 fps
ALU 2n/a2284.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a600 fps
APIVulkanMetal
OSWindowsOS X
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [AMD Radeon RX 6600]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
AMD Radeon RX 6600
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
AMD Radeon RX 6600
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
AMD Radeon RX 6600
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15441n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)47173n/a
Horizon Detection43223n/a
Face Detection (HP)92863n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)202202n/a
Text Classification (SP)3701n/a
Machine Translation (HP)7905n/a
Object Detection (SP)20955n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)69068n/a
Style Transfer (SP)349205n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36
AMD Radeon RX 6600
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 October, 13, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 2.0
Codename GB203-400 Navi 23
Price n/a 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1626 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 2491 MHz
Shader Units 10752 1792
TMUs 336 112
ROPs 112 64
Execution Units 84 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 84 28
Tensor Cores 336 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 159 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 279 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 360 W 132 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 237 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 46.41 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6600
224 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 n/a
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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