SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT vs MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT and MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
• GPU Chip
  Navi 22 XT GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
• Execution units
  40 20
• Shader
  2560 2560
• Render Output Units
  64 64
• Texture Units
  160 160

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

• Memory Size
  12 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR5X
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 1.264 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  384 GB/s 323 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT and MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  2.321 GHz 1.607 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.622 GHz+ 2 % 1.847 GHz+ 7 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.548 GHz+ 5 % 1.822 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  260 W+ 13 % 180 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT and MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial (Radiator)
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling AIO water cooling
• Fan 1
  2 x 100 mm 1 x 120 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent --
• Fan 2
  1 x 90 mm --
• Noise (Load)
  -- --

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 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_2 12_1
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  Addressable LED 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
  310 mm 270 mm
• Height
  131 mm 111 mm
• Width
  51 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1249 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X and SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6700 XT.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q2/2016
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  7 nm 16 nm
• Part-no
  11306-01-20G --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet