AMD Radeon RX 590 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
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Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 590, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. 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 42 33 19 | 118 73 62 42 |
 The Witcher 3 | 54 47 26 15 | 131 108 80 43 |
 Counter-Strike 2 | 93 64 42 20 | 198 143 105 53 |
 Far Cry 6 | 62 50 39 20 | 103 89 73 38 |
 Hogwarts Legacy | 36 29 20 10 | 74 63 45 24 |
 COD Modern Warfare 3 | 50 42 29 17 | 89 82 55 38 |
 Ghost of Tsushima | 36 25 17 10 | 72 55 39 22 |
 Cyberpunk 2077 | 34 30 15 n/a | 76 68 40 19 |
 Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 67 55 34 17 | 119 112 79 41 |
| 1080p High | 57 | 109 |
| 1080p Ultra | 43 | 88 |
| 1440p Ultra | 28 | 64 |
| 4K Ultra | 15 | 36 |
| Deviation | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
| Time Spy | 4778 | 9983 |
| Solar Bay | n/a | 25927 |
| Port Royal | n/a | 2255 |
| Fire Strike | 16524 | 29332 |
| Night Raid | 62059 | 95126 |
| Background Blur | 69 frames/s | 200.9 frames/s |
| Face Detection | 38.2 frames/s | 88.6 frames/s |
| Horizon Detection | 1.75 Gpix/sec | 3.55 Gpix/sec |
| Edge Detection | 3.31 Gpix/sec | 5.57 Gpix/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 3.31 Gpix/sec | 5.79 Gpix/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.38 Gpix/sec | 0.33 Gpix/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 180.5 Gpix/sec | 265.6 Gpix/sec |
| Particle Physics | 6238 fps | 6315.6 fps |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| G2D Mark | 788 | 937 |
| DirectX 11 | 65 fps | 151 fps |
| DirectX 12 | 46 fps | 65 fps |
| GPU Compute | 3900 Ops/s | 9701 Ops/s |
| Aztec Ruins (Normal) | 345.4 fps | 583.6 fps |
| Car Chase | 328.1 fps | 533.8 fps |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 275.6 fps | 507.1 fps |
| T-Rex | 1275.2 fps | 2784.7 fps |
| ALU 2 | 1417.7 fps | 7894.6 fps |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 266.8 fps | 273.3 fps |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
| Tessellation | 1012.6 | 3894.3 |
Tech Specs
Specs & test comparisonGeneral Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Announced | November, 15, 2018 | 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 30 | GP102 |
| Price | 279 | 699 |
GPU
| GPU Frequency | 1469 MHz | 1481 MHz |
| Boost GPU Frequency | 1545 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 | 49 Gpix/sec | 139 Gpix/sec |
| Texture Fill Rate | 222 GTex/s | 354 GTex/s |
| FLOPS | 7.1 TFLOPS | 11.3 TFLOPS |
Process
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TGP | 175 W | 250 W |
| Process | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Process tech. | 12 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
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.
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