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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.25 GHz · 300 W Speed index 17/100

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has 4608 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.25 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 20.74 TFLOPS.

KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC 8 GB GDDR5X · 1.80 GHz · 180 W Speed index 8/100

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.80 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 9.20 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is 125 % faster than the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC.

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTKFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
Speed index
17/100
8/100
FP32
20.74 TFLOPS
9.20 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.25 GHz
1.80 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB GDDR6
8 GB GDDR5X
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
320 GB/s
TDP
300 W
180 W
Launch Price
799 $
599 $
503 pts
228 pts

GPU

GPUAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTKFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GPU ChipNavi 21 XTGP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors7220
Shader46082560
Render Output Units12864
Texture Units288160
Raytracing Cores72--
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 72 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.

Memory

MemoryAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTKFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
Memory Size16 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5X
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.251 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps10.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s320 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC has a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.251GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTKFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
Base Clock1.825 GHz1.657 GHz
Boost Clock2.250 GHz1.797 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.02 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has a turbo clock of 2.250 GHz. The turbo frequency of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC is 1.797 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTKFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
TDP300 W180 W
TDP (up)345 W--
Tjunction max100 °C94 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTKFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 80 mm2 x 100 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
Noise (Load)37 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTKFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort2x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4
DVI--1
USB-C1--
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTKFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNon addressable LEDNo LED lighting
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTKFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode
AV1DecodeNo
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTKFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
Length270 mm296 mm
Height120 mm144 mm
Width--43 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
Weight1,503 g--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTKFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2020Q2/2016
Launch Price799 $599 $
Structure size7 nm16 nm
Part-no--80NSJ6DHL4EK
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT was released in Q4/2020.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC published in Q2/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +172.5 %

  1. 9,213
  2. 3,381

Port Royal (Raytracing) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +484.4 %

  1. 9,462
  2. 1,619

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 3,527
  2. no data

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 59 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 68 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 102 fps (avg)
  2. no data

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. 32 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 64 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 112 fps (avg)
  2. no data

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +156.1 %

  1. 105 fps (avg)
  2. 41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +130.8 %

  1. 180 fps (avg)
  2. 78 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +81.8 %

  1. 200 fps (avg)
  2. 110 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +181.2 %

  1. 155,408
  2. 55,275

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +134.6 %

  1. 155,418
  2. 66,260

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 195,225
  2. no data

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