AMD Radeon VII vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon VII 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon VII

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1750 MHz vs 1582 MHz
  • Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 432.24 GT/s vs 354.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3584
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 45% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 11 GB
  • Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 91678 vs 67670
  • Around 94% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4659.199 vs 2406.499
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.606 vs 19.591
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 69.256 vs 25.833
  • Around 3% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2304 vs 2231
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 February 2019 vs 10 March 2017
Boost clock speed 1750 MHz vs 1582 MHz
Texture fill rate 432.24 GT/s vs 354.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3840 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 11 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 91678 vs 67670
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 206.353 vs 205.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4659.199 vs 2406.499
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.606 vs 19.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 69.256 vs 25.833
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2304 vs 2231

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

  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1481 MHz vs 1400 MHz
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 5.5x more memory clock speed: 11008 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18598 vs 16398
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 937 vs 792
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1002.573 vs 499.927
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15019 vs 11724
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15019 vs 11724
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1481 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 11008 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 18598 vs 16398
PassMark - G2D Mark 937 vs 792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1002.573 vs 499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15019 vs 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15019 vs 11724

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon VII
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16398
18598
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
792
937
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
91678
67670
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
206.353
205.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4659.199
2406.499
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.606
19.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
69.256
25.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
499.927
1002.573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11724
15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11724
15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2304
2231
Name AMD Radeon VII NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
PassMark - G3D Mark 16398 18598
PassMark - G2D Mark 792 937
Geekbench - OpenCL 91678 67670
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 206.353 205.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4659.199 2406.499
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.606 19.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 69.256 25.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 499.927 1002.573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11724 15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11724 15019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2304 2231

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon VII NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.1 Pascal
Code name Vega 20 GP102
Design AMD Radeon 2nd generation Vega
GCN generation 5th Gen
Launch date 7 February 2019 10 March 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $699
Place in performance rating 237 219
Price now $699.99 $826.98
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 32.74 27.48

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1750 MHz 1582 MHz
Compute units 60
Core clock speed 1400 MHz 1481 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 3.46 TFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 27.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.8 TFLOPs
Pipelines 3840 3584
Pixel fill rate 115.26 GP/s
Stream Processors 3840
Texture fill rate 432.24 GT/s 354.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 13,230 million 11,800 million
Floating-point performance 11,340 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 91 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
VGA
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 305 mm 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 750 W 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 11 GB
Memory bandwidth 1024 GB/s 484.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 4096 Bit 352 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 11008 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5X
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
HDMI 2.0b
PCIe 3.0
SLI
Virtual Reality