ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580
vs
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 and the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Polaris 20 XT GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Pascal
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2304 Shader 2560
32 Render Output Units 64
144 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5X
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 clocks in the base with up to 1.257 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is 1.607 GHz.

1.257 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.360 GHz Boost Clock 1.771 GHz
1.34 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.73 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 is 185 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

185 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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 ROG Strix Radeon RX 580.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 is 298 mm long, 134 mm high and 53 mm wide.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is 298 mm long, 134 mm high and 40 mm wide.

298 mm Length 298 mm
134 mm Height 134 mm
53 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 was released in Q4/2017 at a price of 229 $.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

ROG-STRIX-RX580-8G-GAMING Part-no ROG-STRIX-GTX1080-8G-GAMING
Q4/2017 Release date Q2/2016
229 $ Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 16 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

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 ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580
8 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580
8 GB GDDR5
59 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
77 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580
8 GB GDDR5
84 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
108 fps (avg)

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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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