Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 vs MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 and MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC, 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 1.376 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  512 GB/s 484 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 352 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 and MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.800 GHz+ 6 % 1.506 GHz+ 2 %
• Boost Clock
  2.105 GHz 1.620 GHz+ 2 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.815 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 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 and MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Radial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 85 mm 1 x 70 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Noise (Load)
  37 dB --

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
  2x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  1 --

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
  Non 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
  267 mm 269 mm
• Height
  120 mm 111 mm
• Width
  40 mm 35 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 863 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC and Sapphire Radeon RX 6800.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q1/2017
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  7 nm 16 nm
• Part-no
  21305-01-20G --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet