AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6700 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
158
91
74
53
103
60
52
31
The Witcher 3
146
120
87
44
106
85
61
34
Counter-Strike 2
226
160
112
58
158
114
83
41
Far Cry 6
123
110
83
48
86
72
58
27
Hogwarts Legacy
85
72
54
27
56
49
32
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
113
74
47
67
61
41
27
Ghost of Tsushima
93
73
55
31
52
40
29
15
Cyberpunk 2077
88
77
50
24
58
52
31
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
149
135
98
49
91
85
59
29
Avg FPS
1080p High13286
1080p Ultra10669
1440p Ultra7650
4K Ultra4226
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
11451
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
7284
Time Spy128077592
Solar Bay5015719668
Port Royal61621668
Fire Strike3584422755
Night Raid13074382119
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
110742
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
63994
Background Blur245.8 frames/s152.4 frames/s
Face Detection153.3 frames/s71.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.99 Gpix/sec2.73 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.82 Gpix/sec4.15 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.37 Gpix/sec5.03 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec0.32 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching474.4 Gpix/sec238.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13872.6 fps6716.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
19820
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
15576
G2D Mark946887
DirectX 11174 fps124 fps
DirectX 1277 fps54 fps
GPU Compute9584 Ops/s7632 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
173.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
89.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)943.9 fps492.8 fps
Car Chase840 fps442.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.3 fps409.2 fps
T-Rex2906.3 fps2270.6 fps
ALU 23886.3 fps2401.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2290.8 fps275.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2414.42884.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 3, 2021 May, 27, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Pascal
Codename Navi 22 GP104
Price 479 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 2321 MHz 1607 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2581 MHz 1733 MHz
Shader Units 2560 2560
TMUs 160 160
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores 40 No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 165 Gpix/sec 111 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 413 GTex/s 277 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 230 W 180 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 335 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 7 billion
Transistor density 50.75 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1251 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 10000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
384 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

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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