Radeon RX 6600 vs GeForce GTX 1080
Summary
Radeon RX 6600
110%
GeForce GTX 1080
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6600 |
| 10% higher gaming performance. |
| 48 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 1080 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1080 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 6600
The Radeon RX 6600 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (14 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6600 | | GeForce GTX 1080 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 23 (Navi 23 XL
(215-130000016)) | vs | GP104 (GP104-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 237 mm² | vs | 314 mm² |
| Transistors | 11,060 million | vs | 7,200 million |
| Shaders | 1792 | vs | 2560 |
| Raytracing Cores | 28 | vs | none |
| Compute Units | 28 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 1626 MHz | vs | 1607 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6600 | | GeForce GTX 1080 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5X |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | vs | 1251 MHz
10008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6600 | | GeForce GTX 1080 | |
|---|
| TDP | 132 watts | vs | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 13 Oct 2021 | vs | 27 May 2016 |
Radeon RX 6600
159.40 GP/s
GeForce GTX 1080
102.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6600
279.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 1080
257.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6600
224.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 1080
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6600
8928.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 1080
8228.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6600
69
GeForce GTX 1080
53
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6600
147
GeForce GTX 1080
129
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6600
148
GeForce GTX 1080
125
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6600
105
GeForce GTX 1080
91
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6600
107
GeForce GTX 1080
105
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6600
50
GeForce GTX 1080
42
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6600
108
GeForce GTX 1080
96
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6600
96
GeForce GTX 1080
80
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6600
68
GeForce GTX 1080
62
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6600
70
GeForce GTX 1080
82
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6600
27
GeForce GTX 1080
25
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6600
60
GeForce GTX 1080
57
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6600
48
GeForce GTX 1080
43
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6600
33
GeForce GTX 1080
33
FPS (higher is better)