AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile 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 560X Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 180 Watt
600x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 10 GB/s

Launch date	11 April 2018 vs 27 May 2016
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 180 Watt
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 10 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1175 MHz
Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 1733 MHz vs 1275 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 277.3 GTexel / s vs 81.6 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1024
3.4x better floating-point performance: 8,873 gflops vs 2,611 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 886 vs 676
8.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15560 vs 1810
3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 55425 vs 17990

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 1175 MHz
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz vs 1275 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s vs 81.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops vs 2,611 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	886 vs 676
PassMark - G3D Mark	15560 vs 1810
Geekbench - OpenCL	55425 vs 17990

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

676

886

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1810

15560

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

17990

55425

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	676	886
PassMark - G3D Mark	1810	15560
Geekbench - OpenCL	17990	55425
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		1557

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Pascal
Code name	Baffin	GP104
Launch date	11 April 2018	27 May 2016
Place in performance rating	284	286
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Price now		$439.99
Value for money (0-100)		43.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz	1733 MHz
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	1607 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,611 gflops	8,873 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	1024	2560
Texture fill rate	81.6 GTexel / s	277.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	7,200 million
CUDA cores		2560
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		8-pin
Width		2-slot
API support
Vulkan
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	320 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	10 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready