Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS
vs
ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Pascal) and has 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS has the GP102-350-K1-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 21, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS GPU ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GP102-350-K1-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21
Pascal Architecture RDNA 2
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
3584 Shader 5120
88 Render Output Units 128
224 Texture Units 320
0 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS clocks at 1.376 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 11.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

11 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.376 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
11.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
484 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
352 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
1.620 GHz Boost Clock 2.250 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.02 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 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.

250 W TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) 345 W
91 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

With the Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS 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 6900 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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 Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS 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 6900 XT needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 267 mm
112 mm Height 120 mm
38 mm Width 50 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q1/2017.

The ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT came on the market in Q2/2021 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

426018336-3903 Part-no RX6900XT-16G
Q1/2017 Release date Q2/2021
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 999 $ (Reference)
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)

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
9889

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
3619

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 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
114 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 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
126 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)

Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS
11 GB GDDR5X
57 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
110 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS
11 GB GDDR5X
106 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GS
11 GB GDDR5X
149 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 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 6900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT
16 GB GDDR6
235478

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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