AMD Radeon RX 580 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 580, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 580 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
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
76
38
33
15
118
73
62
42
The Witcher 3
52
40
23
13
131
108
80
43
Counter-Strike 2
78
56
37
16
198
143
105
53
Far Cry 6
58
49
34
17
103
89
73
38
Hogwarts Legacy
33
23
20
10
74
63
45
24
COD Modern Warfare 3
47
41
27
15
89
82
55
38
Ghost of Tsushima
33
24
16
9
72
55
39
22
Cyberpunk 2077
30
27
13
n/a
76
68
40
19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
60
51
31
18
119
112
79
41
Avg FPS
1080p High52109
1080p Ultra3988
1440p Ultra2664
4K Ultra1336
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9689
Time Spy43539983
Solar Bayn/a25927
Port Royal5272255
Fire Strike1497929332
Night Raid5687695126
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
74966
Background Blur59.5 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection33.8 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.56 Gpix/sec3.55 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.1 Gpix/sec5.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.92 Gpix/sec5.79 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.33 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching161.8 Gpix/sec265.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5395.1 fps6315.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18592
G2D Mark767937
DirectX 1160 fps151 fps
DirectX 1243 fps65 fps
GPU Compute3529 Ops/s9701 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a583.6 fps
Car Chasen/a533.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a507.1 fps
T-Rexn/a2784.7 fps
ALU 2n/a7894.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a273.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a3894.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 March, 10, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture GCN 4.0 Pascal
Codename Polaris 20 GP102
Price 229 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1257 MHz 1481 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1340 MHz 1582 MHz
Shader Units 2304 3584
TMUs 144 224
ROPs 32 88
Execution Units n/a 28
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 16 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 2816 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 43 Gpix/sec 139 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 193 GTex/s 354 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS 11.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 185 W 250 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 471 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 23.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1376 MHz
Bus 256 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
484.4 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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
1 (33.33%)
2 (66.67%)
Total Votes: 3

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