GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce GTX 1080 is the comparison's loser – it's at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the Radeon RX 6800 XT and it's also a worse value for money, as it's only $467.00 cheaper!

Advantages of the GeForce GTX 1080

Up to 44% cheaper – $598.00 vs $1065.00
Consumes up to 40% less energy – 180 vs 300 Watts

Advantages of the Radeon RX 6800 XT

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
A better value for money for gaming
Up to 100% more VRAM memory – 16 vs 8 GB

GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce GTX 1080

May 27th, 2016

Average FPS

58%

Min 1% FPS

52%

Price, $

$598

100%

Value, $/FPS

$6.5/FPS

100%

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)

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Oct 28th, 2020

Average FPS

159

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$1065

56%

Value, $/FPS

$6.69/FPS

97%

MSI Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDRR6 256-bit HDMI/DP 2310 MHz Boost Clock RDNA 2 OC Graphics Card (RX 6800 XT Gaming Z Trio 16G)

PowerColor Red Dragon AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP 2285 MHz RDNA 2 Architecture OC Graphics Card (RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio 16G)

ASRock 16GB Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming OC Aktiv PCIe 4.0 x16 (Retail)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio 16G Gaming Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR6, 2285 MHz, PCI Express 4, 256-bit, 3X DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1

GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it

GeForce GTX 1080

May 27th, 2016

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Oct 28th, 2020

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce GTX 1080

May 27th, 2016

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

7564

39%

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Oct 28th, 2020

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

19328

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce GTX 1080

May 27th, 2016

Memory

8 GB

50%

Memory Bandwidth

320.3 GB/s

63%

Pixel Fillrate

110.9 GPixel/s

39%

Texture Fillrate

277.3 GTexel/s

43%

FP32

8.873 TFLOPS

43%

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Oct 28th, 2020

Memory

16 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

512 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

288 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

648 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

20.74 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce GTX 1080	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	Radeon RX 6800 XT
General
May 27th, 2016	Release Date	Oct 28th, 2020
$599.00	MSRP	$649.00
GeForce 10	Generation	Navi II
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
180 W	Power Consumption	300 W
Memory
8 GB	Memory Size	16 GB
GDDR5X	Memory Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Memory Bus	256-bit
320.3 GB/s	Bandwidth	512 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
110.9 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	288 GPixel/s
277.3 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	648 GTexel/s
8.873 TFLOPS	FP32	20.74 TFLOPS