GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 6900 XT

Prices and Stock
MSRP $599

MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G)

MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, 8GB GDDR5X, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) Graphics Card 08G-P4-6180-KR

MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1080 DUKE 8G OC)

Prices and Stock
MSRP $999

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA 2, HDMI 2.1

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6900 XT Boost Clock Up to 2340 MHz 256-bit 16GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI Triple Torx 4.0 Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready RGB Graphics Card (RX 6900 XT Gaming X Trio 16G)

ASRock AMD Radeon RX6900XT Graphics Board GDDR6 16GB [Domestic Authorized Dealer] RX RX 6900 XT PG D 16G OC

Sapphire 11308-03-20G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Special Edition PCIe 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6

Sapphire 11308-01-20G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT PCIe 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6

Gigabyte PowerColor Red Devil Limited Edition AMD Radeon™ RX 6900 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

Sapphire 11308-08-20G Toxic AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition PCIe 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6900 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1080 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce GTX 1080 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6900 XT is 1615 days newer than GeForce GTX 1080.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 1080

Up to 28% better value when playing FIFA 23 than Radeon RX 6900 XT - $3.27 vs $4.53 per FPS
Consumes up to 40% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT - 180 vs 300 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6900 XT

Performs up to 33% better in FIFA 23 than GeForce GTX 1080 - 219 vs 165 FPS
Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 - 16 vs 8 GB

This is a free version of FIFA 23.

FIFA 23

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce GTX 1080

Desktop • May 27th, 2016

FPS

165

75%

Value, €/FPS

€3.27/FPS

100%

Price, €

€538.74

100%

Value Winner

MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G)

Buy for €538.74 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 312 minutes ago

Radeon RX 6900 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

FPS

219

100%

Value, €/FPS

€4.53/FPS

72%

Price, €

€990.98

54%

FPS Winner

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA 2, HDMI 2.1

Buy for €990.98 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 313 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce GTX 1080

Desktop • May 27th, 2016

Radeon RX 6900 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

1920 x 1080

Ultra

126

FPS

175

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

346

FPS

368

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Maximum

173

FPS

225

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

High

617

FPS

797

FPS

Minecraft

1920 x 1080

High

662

FPS

877

FPS

Valorant

Theoretical Performance

GeForce GTX 1080

Desktop • May 27th, 2016

Pixel Fillrate

110.9 GPixel/s

39%

Texel Fillrate

277.3 GTexel/s

39%

Radeon RX 6900 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

288 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

720 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 1080	vs	Radeon RX 6900 XT
May 27th, 2016	Release Date	Oct 28th, 2020
GeForce 10	Generation	Navi II
$599	MSRP	$999
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	2x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
8 GB	Memory	16 GB
GDDR5X	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	256-bit
320.3 GB/s	Bandwidth	512 GB/s
1607 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1825 MHz
1733 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2250 MHz
1251 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz