ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI vs MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G

GPU comparison with benchmarks The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI has 3584 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.58 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 11.34 TFLOPS. The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G has 1024 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.77 TFLOPS.

GPU The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 28 streaming multiprocessors. The graphics card MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI	GPU	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	Based on	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GP102-350-K1-A1	GPU Chip	Navi 24 XT
Pascal	Architecture	RDNA 2
28	Streaming Multiprocessors	16
3584	Shader	1024
88	Render Output Units	32
224	Texture Units	64
0	Raytracing Cores	16

Memory The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI is equipped with a 11 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.376 GHz clocks. The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G has a 4 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.250GHz.
11 GB	Memory Size	4 GB
GDDR5X	Memory Type	GDDR6
1.376 GHz	Memory Clock	2.250 GHz
11.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	18.0 Gbps
484 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	144 GB/s
352 bit	Memory Interface	64 bit

Clock Speeds The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI has a turbo clock of 1.582 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is 2.815 GHz.
1.480 GHz	Base Clock	2.200 GHz
1.582 GHz	Boost Clock	2.815 GHz
	Avg (Game) Clock	2.61 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 91 °C. The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.
250 W	TDP	107 W
--	TDP (up)	--
91 °C	Tjunction max	97 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI are cooled with a Air cooling. The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is cooled by a Air cooling.
Radial	Fan-Type	Axial
1 x 70 mm	Fan 1	2 x 80 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
dB	Noise (Idle)	0 dB
--	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2. The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
4	Max. Displays	2
2.2	HDCP-Version	2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4	DP Ports	1x DP v1.4a
--	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1. The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_1	DirectX	12_2 (Ultimate)
No	Raytracing	Yes
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	LED	No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode
No	AV1	No
Decode	VP8	Decode
Decode	VP9	Decode

Dimensions The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case. The width of the MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
267 mm	Length	172 mm
111 mm	Height	112 mm
38 mm	Width	42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	452 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 4.0 x 4

Additional data Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI was released in Q1/2017. The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 6 nanometers.
TURBO-GTX1080TI-11G	Part-no	--
Q1/2017	Release date	Q1/2022
799 $	Launch Price	199 $ (Reference)
16 nm	Structure size	6 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI
1.480 GHz, 11 GB (250 W TDP)

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MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G
2.200 GHz, 4 GB (107 W TDP)

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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


	ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI 11 GB GDDR5X	4469
	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	2274

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	467

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	141

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Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	14 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	19 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	31 fps (avg)

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The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

1920x1080 (1080p)


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	30 fps (avg)

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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 Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI 11 GB GDDR5X	61847
	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	49896

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI 11 GB GDDR5X	84246
	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	55054

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	50239

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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)


	ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI 11 GB GDDR5X	11.34
	MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G 4 GB GDDR6	5.77

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ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 TI
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MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G

GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

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