AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 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
158
91
74
53
118
73
62
42
The Witcher 3
146
120
87
44
131
108
80
43
Counter-Strike 2
226
160
112
58
198
143
105
53
Far Cry 6
123
110
83
48
103
89
73
38
Hogwarts Legacy
85
72
54
27
74
63
45
24
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
113
74
47
89
82
55
38
Ghost of Tsushima
93
73
55
31
72
55
39
22
Cyberpunk 2077
88
77
50
24
76
68
40
19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
149
135
98
49
119
112
79
41
Avg FPS
1080p High132109
1080p Ultra10688
1440p Ultra7664
4K Ultra4236
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
11451
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9689
Time Spy128079983
Solar Bay5015725927
Port Royal61622255
Fire Strike3584429332
Night Raid13074395126
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
110742
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
74966
Background Blur245.8 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection153.3 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.99 Gpix/sec3.55 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.82 Gpix/sec5.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.37 Gpix/sec5.79 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching474.4 Gpix/sec265.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13872.6 fps6315.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
19820
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18592
G2D Mark946937
DirectX 11174 fps151 fps
DirectX 1277 fps65 fps
GPU Compute9584 Ops/s9701 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
173.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)943.9 fps583.6 fps
Car Chase840 fps533.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.3 fps507.1 fps
T-Rex2906.3 fps2784.7 fps
ALU 23886.3 fps7894.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2290.8 fps273.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2414.43894.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 3, 2021 March, 10, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Pascal
Codename Navi 22 GP102
Price 479 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 2321 MHz 1481 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2581 MHz 1582 MHz
Shader Units 2560 3584
TMUs 160 224
ROPs 64 88
Execution Units n/a 28
Ray Tracing Cores 40 No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2816 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 165 Gpix/sec 139 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 413 GTex/s 354 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS 11.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 230 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 335 mm² 471 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 50.75 MTr/mm² 23.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1376 MHz
Bus 192 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
384 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 Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

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