AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 73% higher boost clock speed: 2544 MHz vs 1468 MHz
2339.3x more texture fill rate: 549.5 GTexel/s vs 234.9 GTexel / s
Around 35% higher pipelines: 3456 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 16 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1150 vs 717
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22445 vs 11422
2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 127132 vs 48090

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 Aug 2023 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz vs 1468 MHz
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s vs 234.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3456 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1150 vs 717
PassMark - G3D Mark	22445 vs 11422
Geekbench - OpenCL	127132 vs 48090

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 245 Watt
4.4x more memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Around 81% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6008 vs 3316

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 245 Watt
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6008 vs 3316

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1150

717

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22445

11422

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

127132

48090

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3316

6008

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	1150	717
PassMark - G3D Mark	22445	11422
Geekbench - OpenCL	127132	48090
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3316	6008
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3360

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Pascal
Code name	Navi 32	GP104
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	27 June 2017
Place in performance rating	53	183
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz	1468 MHz
Compute units	54
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1290 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	3456	2560
Pixel fill rate	244.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s	234.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	28100 million	7,200 million
Floating-point performance		7,516 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C	No outputs
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	50 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
Width	135 mm, 5.3 inches
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	320.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	10008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5X
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready