ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
vs
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 590 (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 269 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 has the GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 is based on the graphics chip Polaris 30 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.

The graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 clocks at 1.251 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 10.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 is 8.4 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.100 GHz.

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 225 W.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080.

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 is 7680x4320 pixels.

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 came on the market in Q4/2018 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.