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

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 6500M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1607 MHz
Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 1733 MHz
553.9x more texture fill rate: 153.6 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 16 nm
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 180 Watt
225x more memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 10 GB/s

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 27 May 2016
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1607 MHz
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz vs 1733 MHz
Texture fill rate	153.6 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 180 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 10 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

2.5x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1024
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 891 vs 408
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15530 vs 7889
Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 52423 vs 38544

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2560 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	891 vs 408
PassMark - G3D Mark	15530 vs 7889
Geekbench - OpenCL	52423 vs 38544

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

891

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7889

15530

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38544

52423

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	408	891
PassMark - G3D Mark	7889	15530
Geekbench - OpenCL	38544	52423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		7532

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Pascal
Code name	Navi 24	GP104
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	27 May 2016
Place in performance rating	262	265
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Price now		$439.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		43.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz	1733 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	307.2 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.830 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.915 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	2560
Pixel fill rate	76.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	153.6 GTexel/s	277.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	7,200 million
CUDA cores		2560
Floating-point performance		8,873 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
Width		2-slot
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	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	320 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	10 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready