AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 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
133
73
58
38
103
60
52
31
The Witcher 3
121
96
68
34
106
85
61
34
Counter-Strike 2
185
128
93
49
158
114
83
41
Far Cry 6
104
90
65
35
86
72
58
27
Hogwarts Legacy
68
59
40
23
56
49
32
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
93
86
60
38
67
61
41
27
Ghost of Tsushima
74
61
42
23
52
40
29
15
Cyberpunk 2077
73
64
37
18
58
52
31
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
107
76
37
91
85
59
29
Avg FPS
1080p High10886
1080p Ultra8569
1440p Ultra6050
4K Ultra3326
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
9026
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
7284
Time Spy96527592
Solar Bay3750319668
Port Royal46031668
Fire Strike2866822755
Night Raid11484282119
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
84088
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
63994
Background Blur208 frames/s152.4 frames/s
Face Detection114.6 frames/s71.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.91 Gpix/sec2.73 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.71 Gpix/sec4.15 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.38 Gpix/sec5.03 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.94 Gpix/sec0.32 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching306 Gpix/sec238.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics11198.1 fps6716.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
16471
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
15576
G2D Mark911887
DirectX 11163 fps124 fps
DirectX 1261 fps54 fps
GPU Compute7706 Ops/s7632 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
116.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
89.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)690.3 fps492.8 fps
Car Chasen/a442.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)525.1 fps409.2 fps
T-Rex2173.5 fps2270.6 fps
ALU 22886.2 fps2401.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2487.2 fps275.7 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a2884.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 30, 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 379 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1968 MHz 1607 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2589 MHz 1733 MHz
Shader Units 2048 2560
TMUs 128 160
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores 32 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 166 Gpix/sec 111 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 331 GTex/s 277 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.6 TFLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 160 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 2000 MHz 1251 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 10000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
256 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

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