GeForce GTX 1080 Ti VS Radeon RX 9070 XT

We are comparing the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ( NVIDIA ) head-to-head with the Radeon RX 9070 XT ( AMD ) . You’ll get the key pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.

Note: This comparison of GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs. Radeon RX 9070 XT is based on Comparigon's analysis and is for informational purposes only.

Last Updated: August 21, 2026

KEY DIFFERENCES OF GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AND Radeon RX 9070 XT

Here’s how GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and Radeon RX 9070 XT stack up against each other in their most impactful areas. Use these bullets to see at a glance which graphics card excels where.

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti: 1 advantage Radeon RX 9070 XT: 5 advantages

Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

1
  • 38% higher Memory Bus Width (352 Bit vs 256 Bit)

Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 9070 XT

5
  • 147% higher 4K Ultra FPS (89 vs 36)
  • 136% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (151 vs 64)
  • 119% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (193 vs 88)
  • 88% higher Boost Clock (2970 MHz vs 1582 MHz)
  • 199% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (29803 vs 9982)

SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AND Radeon RX 9070 XT

Below is the detailed specification table comparing GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and Radeon RX 9070 XT.

Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.

If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.

Specification GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Radeon RX 9070 XT
General Info
GPU Name: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU Type: Discrete Discrete
Codename: GP102
Vendor: NVIDIA AMD
Foundry: TSMC TSMC
Architecture: Pascal RDNA 4.0
Generation: GeForce 10 Navi IV (RX 9000)
Release Date: March 10, 2017 March 6, 2025
Board Design
Bus Interface: PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
PCIe Version: 3.0 5.0
PCIe Lanes: 16 x16
Process Size: 16 nm 4 nm
Transistors: 11.8 billion 53.9 billion
Density: 25.1 MTr/mm² 151.19 MTr/mm²
Die Size: 471 mm² 356.5
Board Length: 267 mm
Board Width: 40 mm
Board Height: 112 mm
Total Graphics Power (TGP): 250 W 304 W
Graphics Processor
Compute Units: 28 64
Shading Units: 3584 4096
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): 224 256
Render Output Units (ROPs): 88 128
Tensor Cores: 128
Ray Tracing Cores: 64
Base Clock: 1481 MHz 1660
Boost Clock: 1582 MHz 2970
L1 Cache: 48 KB (per SM) 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache: 2.75 MB 4MB shared
Raw Performance
Pixel Fill Rate: 139.2 GPixel/s 380.2 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate: 354.4 GTexel/s 760.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance: 11.34 TFLOPs 48.66 TFLOPs
Memory
Memory Type: GDDR5X GDDR6
Memory Size: 11 GB 16 GB
Memory Bus Width: 352-bit 256-bit
Memory Clock: 1376 MHz 2518
Effective Memory Speed: 11000 Mbps 20100
Bandwidth: 484.4 GB/s 640
APIs
DirectX: 12.1 12.2
Vulkan: 1.4 1.3
OpenGL: 4.6 4.6
OpenCL: 3.0 2.2
CUDA: 6.1 No
Ray Tracing: 0 Yes
DLSS: 0 No
DisplayPort: 1.4a 2.1a
HDMI: 2.0
Gaming FPS
1080p Ultra (FPS): 88 193
1440p Ultra (FPS): 64 151
4K Ultra (FPS): 36 89
Benchmarks
3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite 9656 26116
Time Spy 9982 29803
Solar Bay 26153 120093
Port Royal 2261 18556
Fire Strike 29330 66408
Wild Life Extreme 20148 54361
Night Raid 95651 196877
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
Compute Score 74966 182816
Background Blur 200.9 img/sec 427.4 img/sec
Face Detection 88.6 img/sec 251 img/sec
Horizon Detection 3.55 Gpixels/sec 6.77 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 5.57 Gpixels/sec 9.42 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 5.79 Gpixels/sec 9.35 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.33 Gpixels/sec 1.42 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 265.6 Gpixels/sec 651.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 6315.6 23630 FPS
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark 18589 26866
G2D Mark 940 1320
DirectX 11 151 294
DirectX 12 66 77
GPU Compute 9593 15958 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins High (4K) 118.70 313.30
Aztec Ruins Normal 583.60 1794.90
Car Chase 533.80 1498.00
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) 507.10 1199.30
T-Rex 2784.70 5080.10
Tessellation 3894.30 6928.50
ALU 2 7894.60 9196.70
Driver Overhead 2 273.30 339.10
API OpenGL OpenGL
OS Windows Windows
Blender (Rendering)
Blender Score 869 3116
GeekBench 6 ML
Single Precision 12690 39190
Half Precision 12039 55727
Quantized 8644 33599
Image Classification 3882 18001
Image Segmentation 7960 25174
Image Super Resolution 14401 45714
Face Detection 13001 74776
Pose Estimation 72329 196137
Text Classification 1910 5163
Machine Translation 3577 8677
Object Detection 4757 19602
Depth Estimation 20303 74879
Style Transfer 164740 411302
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
FurMark
1080p Vulkan 8252 19161
1440p Vulkan 5624 14200
2160p Vulkan 2817 7713
1080p OpenGL 7501 20135
1440p OpenGL 5508 14412
2160p OpenGL 3004 7754

Tip: indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while indicates a lower-is-better advantage.

PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AND Radeon RX 9070 XT

The charts below visualize how GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and Radeon RX 9070 XT stack up in key performance metrics.

Radar Chart Comparison

Category scores overview (0 to 100)
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Radeon RX 9070 XT

Bullet Chart Comparison

Market Top is the best score found. Colored bars are % of market top (0 to 100).
Market Top
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Radeon RX 9070 XT

Release Timeline of GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and Radeon RX 9070 XT

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
2918 days
Radeon RX 9070 XT

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti was released 7 years, 11 months, 24 days earlier than Radeon RX 9070 XT.

Value For Money Calculator

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GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

11 GB GDDR5X
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Radeon RX 9070 XT

16 GB GDDR6
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Domain Score Summary

Note: Scores (0 to 100) are generated by Comparigon’s scoring algorithm and are intended as a high-level guide. They may not map 1-to-1 with the individual spec-by-spec comparisons shown in the table.

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Radeon RX 9070 XT
ALL
Overall
Difference: 25
Leads
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
60
Radeon RX 9070 XT
85
Gaming Performance
Difference: 27
Leads
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
50
Radeon RX 9070 XT
77
AI & Machine Learning
Difference: 42
Leads
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
39
Radeon RX 9070 XT
81
Hardware Architecture
Difference: 22
Leads
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
63
Radeon RX 9070 XT
85
Workstation
Difference: 18
Leads
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
52
Radeon RX 9070 XT
70
Energy Efficiency
Difference: 78
Leads
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
22
Radeon RX 9070 XT
100
Note: If a domain shows no data, it usually means required specs are missing for the item.

Our Verdict

In conclusion, the Radeon RX 9070 XT dominates overall compared to the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. It comes out ahead across every comparable key area.

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