GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G vs MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G and MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6800 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
• GPU Chip
  Navi 21 GP102-350-K1-A1
• Execution units
  60 28
• Shader
  3840 3584
• Render Output Units
  96 88
• Texture Units
  240 224

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

• Memory Size
  16 GB 11 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR5X
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 1.391 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  512 GB/s 489 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 352 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G and MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.775 GHz+ 4 % 1.480 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.190 GHz+ 4 % 1.683 GHz+ 6 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.980 GHz+ 9 % 1.657 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  250 W 250 W
• TDP (up)
  285 W --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 3 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G and MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm 2 x 100 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Fan 2
  1 x 95 mm 1 x 90 mm
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  2x HDMI v2.1 2x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4a 2x 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
  GIGABYTE RGB Fusion No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  -- 320 mm
• Height
  -- 140 mm
• Width
  -- 61 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1707 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING X and GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 MASTER 16G.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q1/2017
• Release price
  649 $ --
• Structure size
  7 nm 16 nm
• Part-no
  GV-R68AORUS M-16GD --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet