Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium vs Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56, 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
  1.313 GHz 0.8 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  336 GB/s 410 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 2048 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.746 GHz+ 9 % 1.208 GHz+ 4 %
• Boost Clock
  1.885 GHz+ 9 % 1.512 GHz+ 3 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  180 W 280 W+ 33 %
• 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56.

• 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 --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 --
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 3x 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_1 12_1
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

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
  285 mm 282 mm
• Height
  133 mm 125 mm
• Width
  58 mm 50 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 and Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium.

• 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
  NEB1080H15P2-1040G 11276-01-40G
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet