Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs GeForce GTX 1080

Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Memory: 24576Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 3 Nov 2022
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
GeForce GTX 1080
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5XDESKTOP
Release date: 27 May 2016
GeForce GTX 1080

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    373%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 7900 XTX

273% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1080

175 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 7900 XTX .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 7900 XTX

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (15 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 7900 XTXGeForce GTX 1080
GPU NameNavi 31 (Navi 31 XTX (215-145000066))vsGP104 (GP104-400-A1)
Fab Process5 nmvs16 nm
Die Size308 mm²vs314 mm²
Transistors58,000 millionvs7,200 million
Shaders6144vs2560
Raytracing Cores96vsnone
Compute Units96vs20
Core clock1900 MHzvs1607 MHz
ROPs192vs64
TMUs384vs160

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 7900 XTXGeForce GTX 1080
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5X
Bus Width384 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2500 MHz
20 Gbps effective
vs1251 MHz
10008 MHz effective
Memory Size24576 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 7900 XTXGeForce GTX 1080
TDP355 wattsvs180 watts
Release Date3 Nov 2022vs27 May 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    481.00 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    102.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    961.90 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    257.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    960.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    320.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    61560.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    8228.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    213
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    205
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    70

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    477
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    125

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    290
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    91

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    358
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    105

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    168
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    194
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    334
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    80

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    227
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    62

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    270
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    82

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    108
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    124
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    202
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    129
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    33

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    147
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    48

FPS (higher is better)