AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 56% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1481 MHz
Around 78% higher boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 1582 MHz
508.5x more texture fill rate: 180.2 GTexel/s vs 354.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 16 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 107 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	19 Jan 2022 vs 10 March 2017
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1481 MHz
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz vs 1582 MHz
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s vs 354.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

3.5x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1024
2.8x more maximum memory size: 11 GB vs 4 GB
4.9x more memory clock speed: 11008 MHz vs 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 937 vs 812
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18598 vs 9583
Around 39% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 67670 vs 48727
9.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2231 vs 235

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3584 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	11 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	11008 MHz vs 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	937 vs 812
PassMark - G3D Mark	18598 vs 9583
Geekbench - OpenCL	67670 vs 48727
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2231 vs 235

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

812

937

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9583

18598

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

48727

67670

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

235

2231

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	812	937
PassMark - G3D Mark	9583	18598
Geekbench - OpenCL	48727	67670
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	235	2231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		205.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2406.499
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		19.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		25.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1002.573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Pascal
Code name	Navi 24	GP102
Launch date	19 Jan 2022	10 March 2017
Place in performance rating	216	219
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$826.98
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		27.48
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz	1582 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1481 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	360.3 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.53 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.765 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	3584
Pixel fill rate	90.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s	354.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	11,800 million
Floating-point performance		11,340 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		91 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	11 GB
Memory bandwidth	143.9 GB/s	484.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	352 Bit
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	11008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5X
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
HDMI 2.0b
PCIe 3.0
SLI
Virtual Reality