ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
vs
ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 has the GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 21 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 GPU ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21 XT
Pascal Architecture RDNA 2
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 72
2560 Shader 4608
64 Render Output Units 128
160 Texture Units 288
0 Raytracing Cores 72

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 clocks at 1.251 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 10.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
1.771 GHz Boost Clock 2.250 GHz
1.73 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.02 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 300 W.

180 W TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) 345 W
94 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 37 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

With the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED Non addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

298 mm Length 267 mm
134 mm Height 120 mm
40 mm Width 50 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1500 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT came on the market in Q1/2021 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

ROG-STRIX-GTX1080-8G-GAMING Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2021
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 799 $
16 nm Structure size 7 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
3527

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)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
102 fps (avg)

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)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
112 fps (avg)

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)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
41 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
105 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
77 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
180 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
108 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
195225

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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