AMD Radeon RX 5500 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 5500

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1607 MHz
Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1733 MHz
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12069 vs 11173
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3690
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12069 vs 11173
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3690

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 27 May 2016
Core clock speed	1670 MHz vs 1607 MHz
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz vs 1733 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12069 vs 11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12069 vs 11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3343

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Around 71% higher texture fill rate: 277.3 GTexel / s vs 162.36 GT/s
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15529 vs 8803
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 891 vs 766
Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 52523 vs 42314
Around 57% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7533 vs 4813

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s vs 162.36 GT/s
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	15529 vs 8803
PassMark - G2D Mark	891 vs 766
Geekbench - OpenCL	52523 vs 42314
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7533 vs 4813

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8803

15529

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

766

891

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

42314

52523

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12069

11173

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3343

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12069

11173

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3343

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4813

7533

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
PassMark - G3D Mark	8803	15529
PassMark - G2D Mark	766	891
Geekbench - OpenCL	42314	52523
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12069	11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12069	11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4813	7533
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	Pascal
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	27 May 2016
Place in performance rating	257	264
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Code name		GP104
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Price now		$439.99
Value for money (0-100)		43.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	1733 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1670 MHz	1607 MHz
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.4 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.2 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate	59 GP/s
Stream Processors	1408
Texture fill rate	162.36 GT/s	277.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	7,200 million
CUDA cores		2560
Floating-point performance		8,873 gflops
Manufacturing process technology		16 nm
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Pipelines		2560
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Width		2-slot
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	320 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		10 GB/s
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan