AMD Radeon RX 580X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580X 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 544.5x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 354.4 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4909 vs 3716
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4909 vs 3716
  • 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18294 vs 3357
  • 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18294 vs 3357
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 April 2018 vs 10 March 2017
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s vs 354.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4909 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4909 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 18294 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 18294 vs 3357

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

  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1481 MHz vs 1257 MHz
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 1340 MHz
  • Around 56% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2304
  • 1829x better floating-point performance: 11,340 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 38% higher maximum memory size: 11 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 11008 MHz vs 8000 MHz
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15019 vs 11616
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15019 vs 11616
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 937 vs 885
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18558 vs 7798
  • Around 49% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 62406 vs 41822
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1481 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed 1582 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Pipelines 3584 vs 2304
Floating-point performance 11,340 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size 11 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 11008 MHz vs 8000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15019 vs 11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15019 vs 11616
PassMark - G2D Mark 937 vs 885
PassMark - G3D Mark 18558 vs 7798
Geekbench - OpenCL 62406 vs 41822

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11616
15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11616
15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4909
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4909
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18294
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18294
3357
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
885
937
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7798
18558
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
41822
62406
Name AMD Radeon RX 580X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11616 15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11616 15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4909 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4909 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 18294 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 18294 3357
PassMark - G2D Mark 885 937
PassMark - G3D Mark 7798 18558
Geekbench - OpenCL 41822 62406
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9870

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 580X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Pascal
Code name Polaris 20 GP102
Design Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 3 April 2018 10 March 2017
Place in performance rating 162 201
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Price now $826.98
Value for money (0-100) 27.48

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1340 MHz 1582 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1257 MHz 1481 MHz
Floating-point performance 6.2 TFLOPs 11,340 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Pipelines 2304 3584
Pixel fill rate 42.88 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s 354.4 GTexel / s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 11,800 million
Maximum GPU temperature 91 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 11 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 484.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 352 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 11008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5X
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
VR Ready
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
HDMI 2.0b
PCIe 3.0
SLI
Virtual Reality