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ASUS Radeon VII vs MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition

ASUS Radeon VII
ASUS Radeon VII 16 GB HBM2 · 1.75 GHz · 300 W Speed index 11/100
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8 GB GDDR5X · 1.73 GHz · 180 W Speed index 7/100
In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Radeon VII and the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ASUS Radeon VII is 47 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition.

ASUS Radeon VIIMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Speed index
11/100
7/100
FP32
13.07 TFLOPS
8.87 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.75 GHz
1.73 GHz
Memory Size
16 GB HBM2
8 GB GDDR5X
Memory bandwidth
1,024 GB/s
320 GB/s
TDP
300 W
180 W
Launch Price
699 $
599 $
MonkeyBench 2026.3
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232 pts

Technical details

ASUS Radeon VII MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition

GPU

GPUASUS Radeon VIIMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Based onAMD Radeon VIINVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GPU ChipVega 20 XTGP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors6020
Shader38402560
Render Output Units6464
Texture Units240160
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The ASUS Radeon VII is based on the AMD Radeon VII and has 3840 texture shaders and 60 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.

Memory

MemoryASUS Radeon VIIMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Memory Size16 GB8 GB
Memory TypeHBM2GDDR5X
Memory Clock1.000 GHz1.251 GHz
Memory Speed2.0 Gbps10.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth1,024 GB/s320 GB/s
Memory Interface4,096 bit256 bit
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The ASUS Radeon VII has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 1024 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsASUS Radeon VIIMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Base Clock1.400 GHz1.607 GHz
Boost Clock1.750 GHz1.733 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The ASUS Radeon VII clocks in the base with up to 1.400 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 1.607 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignASUS Radeon VIIMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
TDP300 W180 W
Tjunction max99 °C94 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Radeon VII is 300 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansASUS Radeon VIIMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 13 x 75 mm1 x 70 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)32 dB--
Noise (Load)52 dB--
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The ASUS Radeon VII has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivityASUS Radeon VIIMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4
DVI--1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS Radeon VII.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition supports a maximum of 4 screens.

Featureset

FeaturesetASUS Radeon VIIMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_112_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNon addressable LEDNo LED lighting
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The ASUS Radeon VII supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsASUS Radeon VIIMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode
AV1NoNo
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsASUS Radeon VIIMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Length268 mm269 mm
Height120 mm111 mm
Width42 mm40 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
Weight--1,100 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ASUS Radeon VII is 268 mm long, 120 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 269 mm long, 111 mm high and 40 mm wide.

Additional data

Additional dataASUS Radeon VIIMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ1/2019Q2/2016
Launch Price699 $599 $
Structure size7 nm16 nm
Documents--data sheet
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The ASUS Radeon VII was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 699 $.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $.

Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score ASUS Radeon VII +31.2 %

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    4,353
  2. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders EditionMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition8 GB GDDR5X
    3,319

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    no data
  2. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders EditionMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition8 GB GDDR5X
    1,589
View all 3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing) benchmark results

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p) ASUS Radeon VII +62.5 %

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    65 fps (avg)
  2. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders EditionMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition8 GB GDDR5X
    40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) ASUS Radeon VII +54.7 %

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    116 fps (avg)
  2. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders EditionMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition8 GB GDDR5X
    75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ASUS Radeon VII +41.5 %

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    150 fps (avg)
  2. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders EditionMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition8 GB GDDR5X
    106 fps (avg)
View all Battlefield 5 benchmark results

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL ASUS Radeon VII +65.8 %

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    88,364
  2. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders EditionMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition8 GB GDDR5X
    53,292

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ASUS Radeon VII +43.3 %

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    91,547
  2. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders EditionMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition8 GB GDDR5X
    63,883

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. ASUS Radeon VIIASUS Radeon VII16 GB HBM2
    76,267
  2. MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders EditionMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition8 GB GDDR5X
    no data
View all Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal) benchmark results

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