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EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHz vs XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHz
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHz 8 GB GDDR5X · 1.85 GHz · 180 W Speed index 8/100

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHz has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.85 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 9.45 TFLOPS.

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6 · 2.62 GHz · 230 W Speed index 11/100

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.62 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 13.38 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT is 42 % faster than the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHz.

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHzXFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
Speed index
8/100
11/100
FP32
9.45 TFLOPS
13.38 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.85 GHz
2.62 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR5X
12 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
384 GB/s
TDP
180 W
230 W
Launch Price
599 $
479 $
231 pts
364 pts

GPU

GPUEVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHzXFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
GPU ChipGP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1Navi 22 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors2040
Shader25602560
Render Output Units6464
Texture Units160160
Raytracing Cores--40
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHz is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 40 execution units.

Memory

MemoryEVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHzXFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
Memory Size8 GB12 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5XGDDR6
Memory Clock1.376 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed11.0 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s384 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit192 bit
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHz is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.376 GHz clocks.

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsEVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHzXFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
Base Clock1.708 GHz2.330 GHz
Boost Clock1.847 GHz2.615 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.43 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHz has a turbo clock of 1.847 GHz. The turbo frequency of the XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT is 2.615 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignEVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHzXFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
TDP180 W230 W
Tjunction max94 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHz has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT 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 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansEVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHzXFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 90 mm2 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)--0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHz are cooled with a Air cooling.

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityEVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHzXFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.43x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHz supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetEVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHzXFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNon addressable LED
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHz supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsEVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHzXFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9DecodeDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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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

DimensionsEVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHzXFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
Length267 mm267 mm
Height111 mm110 mm
Width--40 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHz is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataEVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHzXFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2016Q1/2021
Launch Price599 $479 $
Structure size16 nm7 nm
Part-no08G-P4-6583-KRRX-67TMYDFD8
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC2 GAMING 11GHz was released in Q2/2016.

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT published in Q1/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 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 XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT +74.8 %

  1. 3,428
  2. 5,993

Port Royal (Raytracing) XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT +268.5 %

  1. 1,641
  2. 6,047

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 2,202

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. no data
  2. 41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 50 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 75 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) XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT +79.1 %

  1. 43 fps (avg)
  2. 77 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT +82.5 %

  1. 80 fps (avg)
  2. 146 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT +73.5 %

  1. 113 fps (avg)
  2. 196 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 XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT +73.0 %

  1. 56,777
  2. 98,204

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT +61.7 %

  1. 68,060
  2. 110,041

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 153,192

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