ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 vs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
• GPU Chip
  GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 Navi 32 (RDNA 3)
• Shader
  2560 7680
• Render Output Units
  64 138
• Texture Units
  160 480

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5X GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  1.251 GHz 18 Gbps
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.607 GHz 1.800 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.771 GHz+ 2 % 2.800 GHz+ 12 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.733 GHz 2.600 GHz+ 30 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  180 W 300 W+ 20 %
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• 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 ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm --
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  2x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.1a
• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4 3x DP v2.1
• 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_1 12_2 (Ultimate)
• Raytracing
  No Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  ASUS Aura Sync No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  298 mm --
• Height
  134 mm --
• Width
  40 mm --
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots --
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2016 2023
• Structure size
  16 nm 5 nm
• Part-no
  ROG-STRIX-GTX1080-8G-GAMING --
• Documents
  data sheet --