Radeon RX 5500 XT vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Radeon RX 5500 XT
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Dec 2019
Radeon RX 5500 XT
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Memory: 11264Mb GDDR5XDESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    195%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5500 XT

90 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti .
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

95% higher gaming performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (27 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 5500 XTGeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GPU NameNavi 14 (Navi 14 XTX (215-0932396))vsGP102 (GP102-350-K1-A1)
Fab Process7 nmvs16 nm
Die Size158 mm²vs471 mm²
Transistors6,400 millionvs12,000 million
Shaders1408vs3584
Compute Units22vs28
Core clock1607 MHzvs1480 MHz
ROPs32vs88
TMUs88vs224

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 5500 XTGeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5X
Bus Width128 bitvs352 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective
vs1376 MHz
11008 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs11264 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 5500 XTGeForce GTX 1080 Ti
TDP130 wattsvs220 watts
Release Date12 Dec 2019vsUNRELEASED

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    59.04 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    130.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    162.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    332.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    224.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    484.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    5196.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    10609.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    49
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    78
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    123

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    36
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    91

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    85
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    156

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    60
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    89

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 5

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    58
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    116

FPS (higher is better)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    28
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Red Dead Redemption II

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    38
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    64

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    66
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    115

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    31
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    59
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    98

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    26
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    64

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    57
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    109

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    39
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 5

Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    41
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    82

FPS (higher is better)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    20
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Red Dead Redemption II

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    30
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    50

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    43
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    78

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    17
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    33

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    33
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    60

FPS (higher is better)

Borderlands 3

Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    14
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    36

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    26
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    61

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    18
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 5

Ultra Quality preset DirectX 12 windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    14
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    10
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Red Dead Redemption II

UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    18
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    22
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    42

FPS (higher is better)