AMD Radeon RX 580 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
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Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 580, 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 | 76 38 33 15 | 103 60 52 31 |
 The Witcher 3 | 52 40 23 13 | 106 85 61 34 |
 Counter-Strike 2 | 78 56 37 16 | 158 114 83 41 |
 Far Cry 6 | 58 49 34 17 | 86 72 58 27 |
 Hogwarts Legacy | 33 23 20 10 | 56 49 32 18 |
 COD Modern Warfare 3 | 47 41 27 15 | 67 61 41 27 |
 Ghost of Tsushima | 33 24 16 9 | 52 40 29 15 |
 Cyberpunk 2077 | 30 27 13 n/a | 58 52 31 14 |
 Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 60 51 31 18 | 91 85 59 29 |
| 1080p High | 52 | 86 |
| 1080p Ultra | 39 | 69 |
| 1440p Ultra | 26 | 50 |
| 4K Ultra | 13 | 26 |
| Deviation | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
| Time Spy | 4353 | 7592 |
| Solar Bay | n/a | 19668 |
| Port Royal | 527 | 1668 |
| Fire Strike | 14979 | 22755 |
| Night Raid | 56876 | 82119 |
| Background Blur | 59.5 frames/s | 152.4 frames/s |
| Face Detection | 33.8 frames/s | 71.6 frames/s |
| Horizon Detection | 1.56 Gpix/sec | 2.73 Gpix/sec |
| Edge Detection | 3.1 Gpix/sec | 4.15 Gpix/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 2.92 Gpix/sec | 5.03 Gpix/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.33 Gpix/sec | 0.32 Gpix/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 161.8 Gpix/sec | 238.9 Gpix/sec |
| Particle Physics | 5395.1 fps | 6716.4 fps |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| G2D Mark | 767 | 887 |
| DirectX 11 | 60 fps | 124 fps |
| DirectX 12 | 43 fps | 54 fps |
| GPU Compute | 3529 Ops/s | 7632 Ops/s |
| Aztec Ruins (Normal) | n/a | 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 | n/a | OpenGL |
| OS | n/a | Windows |
| Tessellation | n/a | 2884.4 |
Tech Specs
Specs & test comparisonGeneral Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Announced | April, 18, 2017 | May, 27, 2016 |
| Form Factor | PC use | PC use |
| Use case | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Pascal |
| Codename | Polaris 20 | GP104 |
| Price | 229 | 599 |
GPU
| GPU Frequency | 1257 MHz | 1607 MHz |
| Boost GPU Frequency | 1340 MHz | 1733 MHz |
| Shader Units | 2304 | 2560 |
| TMUs | 144 | 160 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Execution Units | n/a | 20 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | No | No |
| Tensor Cores | No | No |
| L1 cache | 16 KB/core | 48 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 2000 KB/core | 2000 KB/core |
| Instructions per Clock | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 43 Gpix/sec | 111 Gpix/sec |
| Texture Fill Rate | 193 GTex/s | 277 GTex/s |
| FLOPS | 6.2 TFLOPS | 8.9 TFLOPS |
Process
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TGP | 185 W | 180 W |
| Process | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Process tech. | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Transistor Size | 232 mm² | 314 mm² |
| Transistor count | 5 billion | 7 billion |
| Transistor density | 21.55 MTr/mm² | 22.29 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Interface | GDDR5 | GDDR5X |
| Memory Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1251 MHz |
| Bus | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| ECC support | No | No |
| Effective Memory Speed | 8000 MB/s | 10000 MB/s |
| Memory Size | 8 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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