ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Platinum edition vs SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Platinum edition and SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
• GPU Chip
  GP102-350-K1-A1 Navi 24
• Execution units
  28 16
• Shader
  3584 1024
• Render Output Units
  88 32
• Texture Units
  224 64

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

• Memory Size
  11 GB 4 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5X GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  1.388 GHz 2.25 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  484 GB/s 144 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  352 bit 64 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Platinum edition and SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.594 GHz+ 8 % 2.200 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.733 GHz+ 10 % 2.825 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.708 GHz 2.685 GHz+ 3 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  250 W 130 W+ 21 %
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- 110 °C
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 1 x 6-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Platinum edition and SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Water cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 95 mm 2 x 90 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

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

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  298 mm 194 mm
• Height
  158 mm 107 mm
• Width
  50 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and ASUS ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Platinum edition.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 4
• Release date
  Q1/2017 Q1/2022
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  16 nm 6 nm
• Part-no
  ROG-POSEIDON-GTX1080TI-P11G-GAMING 11314-01-20G
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet