NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
VS
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

51
Place in performance rating
25
48.34
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Pascal
Architecture
Navi / RDNA2
GP104
Code name
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Desktop
Type
no data
6 May 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
3 March 2021 (less than a year ago)
$599
Launch price (MSRP)
$479
$765 (1.3x MSRP)
Price now
$1201 (2.5x MSRP)
28.74
Value for money
24.21
Pascal GP104
GPU code name
Navi 22
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2560
Pipelines
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1607 MHz
Core clock speed
1569 MHz
1733 MHz
Boost Clock
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7,200 million
Transistor count
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16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
180 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
277.3
Texture fill rate
413.0
8,873 gflops
Floating-point performance
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94 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
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2560
CUDA cores
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2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
1733 MHz
Boost clock speed
2639 MHz
7,200 million
Number of transistors
17,200 million
180 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
230 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
267 mm
8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
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SLI options
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500 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
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PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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2-slot
Width
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4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
10 GB/s
Memory clock speed
16000 MHz
320 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
384.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, the size and number of monitors.

DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
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+
Multi monitor support
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+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
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+
Multi Monitor
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+
3D Vision
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3.0
GPU Boost
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+
CUDA
no data
+
Multi-Projection
no data
+
Ansel
no data
+
Virtual Reality
no data
+
ShadowWorks
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
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4.5
OpenGL
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1.2.131
Vulkan
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6.4
Shader Model
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1.2
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 or AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 60 30.2
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

Cheaper ($765 (1.3x MSRP) vs $1201 (2.5x MSRP))

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

1.91% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 16 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 8 GB)

More memory bandwidth (384.0 GB/s vs 320 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 or AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 versus AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT