AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 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
237
162
142
109
118
73
62
42
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
131
108
80
43
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
198
143
105
53
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
103
89
73
38
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
74
63
45
24
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
89
82
55
38
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
72
55
39
22
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
76
68
40
19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
119
112
79
41
Avg FPS
1080p High225109
1080p Ultra18788
1440p Ultra14664
4K Ultra8636
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9689
Time Spy302689983
Solar Bay11900725927
Port Royal187152255
Fire Strike6605129332
Night Raid19923295126
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
74966
Background Blur427.4 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec3.55 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec5.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec5.79 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec265.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps6315.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18592
G2D Mark1347937
DirectX 11294 fps151 fps
DirectX 1280 fps65 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s9701 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps583.6 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps533.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps507.1 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps2784.7 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps7894.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps273.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.53894.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 March, 10, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Pascal
Codename Navi 48 GP102
Price 599 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 1481 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 1582 MHz
Shader Units 4096 3584
TMUs 256 224
ROPs 128 88
Execution Units 64 28
Ray Tracing Cores 64 No
Tensor Cores 128 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2816 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 380 Gpix/sec 139 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 354 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 11.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 304 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 471 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 23.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1376 MHz
Bus 256 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 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 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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