AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6600, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 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
140
81
66
45
103
60
52
31
The Witcher 3
125
108
74
38
106
85
61
34
Counter-Strike 2
202
142
96
52
158
114
83
41
Far Cry 6
110
98
73
42
86
72
58
27
Hogwarts Legacy
76
62
47
22
56
49
32
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
103
95
66
42
67
61
41
27
Ghost of Tsushima
80
63
45
23
52
40
29
15
Cyberpunk 2077
80
71
42
18
58
52
31
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
137
118
85
39
91
85
59
29
Avg FPS
1080p High11786
1080p Ultra9369
1440p Ultra6650
4K Ultra3626
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
10197
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
7284
Time Spy104237592
Solar Bay4497319668
Port Royal58201668
Fire Strike2647822755
Night Raid9851482119
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
58048
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
63994
Background Blur104.1 frames/s152.4 frames/s
Face Detection79.7 frames/s71.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.05 Gpix/sec2.73 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/sec4.15 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.59 Gpix/sec5.03 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.64 Gpix/sec0.32 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching257.8 Gpix/sec238.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7635.3 fps6716.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600
15100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
15576
G2D Mark881887
DirectX 11152 fps124 fps
DirectX 1251 fps54 fps
GPU Compute6706 Ops/s7632 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600
96.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
89.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)567.8 fps492.8 fps
Car Chasen/a442.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)427.9 fps409.2 fps
T-Rex1906.1 fps2270.6 fps
ALU 22284.3 fps2401.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2600 fps275.7 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a2884.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 13, 2021 May, 27, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Pascal
Codename Navi 23 GP104
Price 329 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1626 MHz 1607 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2491 MHz 1733 MHz
Shader Units 1792 2560
TMUs 112 160
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores 28 No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 159 Gpix/sec 111 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 279 GTex/s 277 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 132 W 180 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 7 billion
Transistor density 46.41 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 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6600
224 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 Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

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