GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G
vs
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (RDNA 1) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

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.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G has the Navi 10 XLE graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is based on the graphics chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Navi 10 XLE GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
RDNA 1 Architecture Pascal
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2304 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 64
144 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 12.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is 10.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.251 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
12.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
288 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.130 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.560 GHz Boost Clock 1.771 GHz
1.38 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.73 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 160 W.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 180 W.

160 W TDP 180 W
195 W TDP (up) --
100 °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 5600 XT Gaming 6G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

280 mm Length 298 mm
115 mm Height 134 mm
50 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q1/2020.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

GV-R56XTGAMING-6GD Part-no ROG-STRIX-GTX1080-8G-GAMING
Q1/2020 Release date Q2/2016
279 $ (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)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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 5600 XT Gaming 6G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G
6 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G
6 GB GDDR6
81 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
77 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming 6G
6 GB GDDR6
113 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
108 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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