GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
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XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Core Edition 8GB

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Pascal) and has 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Core Edition 8GB 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 GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti has the GP102-350-K1-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Core Edition 8GB is based on the graphics chip Polaris 20 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.

The graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti clocks at 1.376 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 11.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Core Edition 8GB 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 GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Core Edition 8GB 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 GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Core Edition 8GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Core Edition 8GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

The maximum supported resolution of the XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Core Edition 8GB 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 GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Core Edition 8GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q1/2017.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS Black Core Edition 8GB came on the market in Q2/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.