AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonGames
| Game title | 1080p (High) 1080p (Ultra) 1440p (Ultra) 4K (Ultra) | |
Forza Horizon 5 | 79 45 34 20 | 103 60 52 31 |
The Witcher 3 | 58 44 27 15 | 106 85 61 34 |
Counter-Strike 2 | 87 64 45 19 | 158 114 83 41 |
Far Cry 6 | 63 50 37 19 | 86 72 58 27 |
Hogwarts Legacy | 36 26 21 11 | 56 49 32 18 |
COD Modern Warfare 3 | 50 43 28 15 | 67 61 41 27 |
Ghost of Tsushima | 33 28 17 9 | 52 40 29 15 |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 33 29 15 n/a | 58 52 31 14 |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 65 57 31 19 | 91 85 59 29 |
| 1080p High | 56 | 86 |
| 1080p Ultra | 43 | 69 |
| 1440p Ultra | 28 | 50 |
| 4K Ultra | 15 | 26 |
| Deviation | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
| Time Spy | 4857 | 7592 |
| Solar Bay | n/a | 19668 |
| Port Royal | n/a | 1668 |
| Fire Strike | 14382 | 22755 |
| Night Raid | 60149 | 82119 |
| Background Blur | 93.3 frames/s | 152.4 frames/s |
| Face Detection | 48.3 frames/s | 71.6 frames/s |
| Horizon Detection | 1.68 Gpix/sec | 2.73 Gpix/sec |
| Edge Detection | 2.43 Gpix/sec | 4.15 Gpix/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.99 Gpix/sec | 5.03 Gpix/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.48 Gpix/sec | 0.32 Gpix/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 144.1 Gpix/sec | 238.9 Gpix/sec |
| Particle Physics | 5990 fps | 6716.4 fps |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| G2D Mark | 775 | 887 |
| DirectX 11 | 56 fps | 124 fps |
| DirectX 12 | 40 fps | 54 fps |
| GPU Compute | 4520 Ops/s | 7632 Ops/s |
| Aztec Ruins (Normal) | 353.5 fps | 492.8 fps |
| Car Chase | n/a | 442.5 fps |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | n/a | 409.2 fps |
| T-Rex | n/a | 2270.6 fps |
| ALU 2 | n/a | 2401.8 fps |
| Driver Overhead 2 | n/a | 275.7 fps |
| API | Vulkan | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
| Tessellation | n/a | 2884.4 |
Tech Specs
Specs & test comparisonGeneral Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Announced | December, 12, 2019 | May, 27, 2016 |
| Form Factor | PC use | PC use |
| Use case | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | High-end |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 | Pascal |
| Codename | Navi 14 | GP104 |
| Price | 169 | 599 |
GPU
| GPU Frequency | 1607 MHz | 1607 MHz |
| Boost GPU Frequency | 1845 MHz | 1733 MHz |
| Shader Units | 1408 | 2560 |
| TMUs | 88 | 160 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Execution Units | n/a | 20 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | No | No |
| Tensor Cores | No | No |
| L1 cache | n/a | 48 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 2000 KB/core | 2000 KB/core |
| Instructions per Clock | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 59 Gpix/sec | 111 Gpix/sec |
| Texture Fill Rate | 162 GTex/s | 277 GTex/s |
| FLOPS | 5.2 TFLOPS | 8.9 TFLOPS |
Process
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TGP | 130 W | 180 W |
| Process | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process tech. | 7 nm | 16 nm |
| Transistor Size | 158 mm² | 314 mm² |
| Transistor count | 6 billion | 7 billion |
| Transistor density | 37.97 MTr/mm² | 22.29 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Interface | GDDR6 | GDDR5X |
| Memory Frequency | 1750 MHz | 1251 MHz |
| Bus | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| ECC support | No | No |
| Effective Memory Speed | 14000 MB/s | 10000 MB/s |
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Max Throughput
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| CUDA | n/a | 6.1 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
| Ray Tracing | No | No |
| DLSS | No | No |
Results
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Survey
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Forza Horizon 5
The Witcher 3
Counter-Strike 2
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
COD Modern Warfare 3
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk 2077
Shadow of the Tomb Raider