EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (RDNA 2) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 384 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX has the GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC is based on the graphics chip Navi 22 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX GPU MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip Navi 22 XT
Pascal Architecture RDNA 2
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 40
2560 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 64
160 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 40

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX clocks at 1.251 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 10.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 384 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.708 GHz Base Clock 2.321 GHz
1.847 GHz Boost Clock 2.620 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.47 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 230 W.

180 W TDP 230 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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.

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

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 247 mm
111 mm Height 131 mm
-- Width 51 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 921 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC came on the market in Q1/2021 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

08G-P4-5186-KR Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2021
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 479 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 7 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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX
8 GB GDDR5X
80 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
146 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC GAMING ACX
8 GB GDDR5X
113 fps (avg)
MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
12 GB GDDR6
197 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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