GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
vs
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G and the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and has 1408 texture shaders and 22 execution units.

KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G GPU KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Navi 14 XTX GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
RDNA 1 Architecture Pascal
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1408 Shader 2560
32 Render Output Units 64
88 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC is 1.657 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.657 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 1.797 GHz
1.73 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G is 130 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

130 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
95 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
41 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G is 225 mm long, 119 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC is 296 mm long, 144 mm high and 43 mm wide.

225 mm Length 296 mm
119 mm Height 144 mm
40 mm Width 43 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 169 $ (Reference).

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

GV-R55XTOC-8GD Part-no 80NSJ6DHL4EK
Q3/2019 Release date Q2/2016
169 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 16 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)

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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
38 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)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
8 GB GDDR5X
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
8 GB GDDR5X
78 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5500 XT OC 8G
8 GB GDDR6
79 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
8 GB GDDR5X
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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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