Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom
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ASUS AREZ Dual Radeon RX 580 OC 8G

The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 230 GB/s.

The ASUS AREZ Dual Radeon RX 580 OC 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom has the GM204-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The ASUS AREZ Dual Radeon RX 580 OC 8G is based on the graphics chip Polaris 20 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.

The graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom clocks at 1.800 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.2 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS AREZ Dual Radeon RX 580 OC 8G is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

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

The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 165 W.

The ASUS AREZ Dual Radeon RX 580 OC 8G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 185 W.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The ASUS AREZ Dual Radeon RX 580 OC 8G has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom.

The ASUS AREZ Dual Radeon RX 580 OC 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS AREZ Dual Radeon RX 580 OC 8G 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 Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS AREZ Dual Radeon RX 580 OC 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q4/2014.

The ASUS AREZ Dual Radeon RX 580 OC 8G came on the market in Q4/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.