Radeon RX 6700 vs GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated60
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data19.62
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104Navi 22
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)9 June 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores25602304
Core clock speed1607 MHz1941 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz2450 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate277.3352.8
Floating-point processing power8.873 TFLOPS11.29 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs160144
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB10 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth352.3 GB/s320.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 9 June 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 10 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 175 Watt

RX 6700 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 2.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps and Radeon RX 6700. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
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