ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition vs ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition and ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 AMD RX Vega 56
• GPU Chip
  GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 Vega 10 XL
• Execution units
  20 56
• Shader
  2560 3584
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Texture Units
  160 256

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

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5X HBM2
• Memory Speed
  1.251 GHz 0.8 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  320 GB/s 410 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 2048 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition and ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.759 GHz+ 9 % 1.297 GHz+ 12 %
• Boost Clock
  1.936 GHz+ 12 % 1.573 GHz+ 7 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.898 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  180 W 300 W+ 43 %
• 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 OC edition and ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming.

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

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 --
• HDMI Ports
  2x HDMI v2.0b 2x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4 2x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  1 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_1
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  ASUS Aura Sync ASUS Aura Sync

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 Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No

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

• Length
  298 mm 298 mm
• Height
  134 mm 139 mm
• Width
  40 mm 53 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming and ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 OC edition.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q3/2017
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  16 nm 14 nm
• Part-no
  ROG-STRIX-GTX1080-O8G-GAMING ROG-STRIX-RXVEGA56-O8G-GAMING
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet