GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB vs Radeon RX 7900 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking14not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation37.78no data
Power efficiency17.18no data
ArchitectureRDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameNavi 31GP102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date3 November 2022 (2 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$899 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores53763200
Core clock speed1387 MHz1557 MHz
Boost clock speed2394 MHz1670 MHz
Number of transistors57,700 million11,800 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate804.4334.0
Floating-point processing power51.48 TFLOPS10.69 TFLOPS
ROPs19280
TMUs336200
Ray Tracing Cores84no data

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 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length276 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount20 GB12 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz1376 MHz
Memory bandwidth800.0 GB/s528.4 GB/s
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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 HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.23.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 20 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 5 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt

RX 7900 XT has a 66.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB, on the other hand, has 20% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 7900 XT and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
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