MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G vs AMD Radeon RX 7600. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G and AMD Radeon RX 7600, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 AMD Radeon RX 7600
• Execution Units
  20 32
• GPU Chip
  GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 Navi 33 XL
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Shader
  2560 2048
• Texture Units
  160 128
• AI Accelerators
  - 64
• Architecture
  - RDNA 3
• Compute Units
  - 32
• Ray Accelerators
  - 32
• RT Cores
  - 32
• Streaming Multiprocessors
  - 32

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Bandwidth
  323 GB/s 288 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  256 bit 128 bit
• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
  1264 MHz -
• Memory Type
  GDDR5X GDDR6
• Infinity Cache
  - 32 MB
• Memory Clock
  - 2250 MHz
• Memory Data Rate
  - 18 Gbps

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Base Clock
  1607 MHz 1720 MHz
• Boost Clock
  1911 MHz + 10% 2655 MHz
• Game Clock
  1873 MHz 2250 MHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• Maximum Junction Temperature
  - -
• TDP
  180 W 165 W (Reference)
• TDP (up)
  - -
• System Power Supply
  - 550 W (System power requirement)
• Typical Board Power
  - 165 W

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G and AMD Radeon RX 7600.

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

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  3 × DisplayPort 1.4 3 × DisplayPort 2.1
• DVI Ports
  1 × DVI -
• HDCP Version
  2.2 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1 × HDMI 2.0b 1 × HDMI 2.1a
• Max. Displays
  4 4
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
• Power Connectors
  1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin 1x8-Pin
• USB-C Ports
  - -
• VGA Ports
  - -
• DisplayPort Version
  - Up to 2.1
• HDMI Version
  - 2.1

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

• DirectX
  12_1 12_2 (Ultimate)
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  MSI Mystic Light No LED lighting
• Max. resolution
  7680 × 4320 7680 × 4320
• Raytracing
  No Yes

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Height
  140 mm 115 mm
• Length
  279 mm 204 mm
• Slot Size
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  1112 g -
• Width
  42 mm -

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 7600 and MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G.

• Documents
  data sheet data sheet
• Launch Price (historical)
  - 269 $ (Reference)
• Part Number
  - -
• Process Technology
  16 nm 6 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q2/2023

• FP16 (theoretical)
  - 43.50 TFLOPS (2:1)
• FP32 (theoretical)
  - 21.75 TFLOPS
• FP64 (theoretical)
  - 679.7 GFLOPS (1:32)
• Pixel Rate
  - 169.9 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate
  - 339.8 GTexel/s