AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
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
112
59
47
28
103
60
52
31
The Witcher 3
94
75
49
29
106
85
61
34
Counter-Strike 2
158
108
73
35
158
114
83
41
Far Cry 6
90
73
55
26
86
72
58
27
Hogwarts Legacy
53
43
31
17
56
49
32
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
76
67
45
29
67
61
41
27
Ghost of Tsushima
61
44
34
15
52
40
29
15
Cyberpunk 2077
55
51
28
13
58
52
31
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
103
88
57
29
91
85
59
29
Avg FPS
1080p High8986
1080p Ultra6869
1440p Ultra4750
4K Ultra2526
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
7012
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
7284
Time Spy76337592
Solar Bayn/a19668
Port Royaln/a1668
Fire Strike2231022755
Night Raid8663082119
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
66629
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
63994
Background Blur123.2 frames/s152.4 frames/s
Face Detection71.4 frames/s71.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.85 Gpix/sec2.73 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.1 Gpix/sec4.15 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.48 Gpix/sec5.03 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.62 Gpix/sec0.32 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching253.9 Gpix/sec238.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7670.6 fps6716.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
13492
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
15576
G2D Mark870887
DirectX 1196 fps124 fps
DirectX 1252 fps54 fps
GPU Compute6338 Ops/s7632 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
92.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
89.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)533 fps492.8 fps
Car Chase465.4 fps442.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)387.4 fps409.2 fps
T-Rex1882.8 fps2270.6 fps
ALU 22438.2 fps2401.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2198.3 fps275.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2278.92884.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 21, 2020 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 10 GP104
Price 279 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1130 MHz 1607 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1560 MHz 1733 MHz
Shader Units 2304 2560
TMUs 144 160
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache n/a 48 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 100 Gpix/sec 111 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 225 GTex/s 277 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 150 W 180 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 251 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 7 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 1251 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 10000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
288 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
320.3 GB/s

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

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