AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M 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, 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 6550M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1481 MHz
Around 80% higher boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 1582 MHz
513x more texture fill rate: 181.8 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
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 10 March 2017
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1481 MHz
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 1582 MHz
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s vs 354.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 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 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 934 vs 473
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18565 vs 9605
Around 49% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 67595 vs 45316

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3584 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	11 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	11008 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	934 vs 473
PassMark - G3D Mark	18565 vs 9605
Geekbench - OpenCL	67595 vs 45316

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

473

934

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9605

18565

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45316

67595

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	473	934
PassMark - G3D Mark	9605	18565
Geekbench - OpenCL	45316	67595
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		9874

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Pascal
Code name	Navi 24	GP102
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	10 March 2017
Place in performance rating	208	206
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$826.98
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		27.48
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz	1582 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1481 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	1024	3584
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	354.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 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	Portable Device Dependent	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	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		600 Watt
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	144.0 GB/s	484.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	352 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 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