ASUS Radeon RX 5700 vs GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming 8G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS Radeon RX 5700 and GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming 8G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 5700 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
• GPU Chip
  Navi 10 GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
• Execution units
  36 20
• Shader
  2304 2560
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Texture Units
  144 160

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR5X
• Memory Speed
  1.75 GHz 1.3 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  448 GB/s 332 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS Radeon RX 5700 and GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming 8G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.465 GHz 1.759 GHz+ 9 %
• Boost Clock
  1.725 GHz 1.936 GHz+ 12 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.625 GHz 1.898 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  180 W 180 W
• TDP (up)
  220 W --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASUS Radeon RX 5700 and GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming 8G.

• Fan-Type
  Radial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  1 x 80 mm 3 x 100 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  46-47 dB --

Connectivity and connections.

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

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_1
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  281 mm 287 mm
• Height
  126 mm 140 mm
• Width
  42 mm 57 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming 8G and ASUS Radeon RX 5700.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q2/2016
• Release price
  329 $ --
• Structure size
  7 nm 16 nm
• Part-no
  -- GV-N1080XTREME-8GD
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet