MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X
vs
Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Pascal) and has 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 489 GB/s.

The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X has the GP102-350-K1-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition is based on the graphics chip Navi 21, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X GPU Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GP102-350-K1-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21
Pascal Architecture RDNA 2
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
3584 Shader 5120
88 Render Output Units 128
224 Texture Units 320
0 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X clocks at 1.391 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 11.1 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

11 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.391 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
11.1 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
489 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
352 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.480 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
1.683 GHz Boost Clock 2.730 GHz
1.66 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.38 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X 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 Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition has 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 430 W.

250 W TDP 430 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X is equipped with a total of 2 Radial/Axial (Radiator) main fans.

The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition has 4 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial/Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 3 x 120 mm
1 x 120 mm Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type AIO water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X.

The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

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 MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK X is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

269 mm Length 270 mm
111 mm Height 130 mm
35 mm Width 45 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1363 g Weight 1148 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The Sapphire Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition came on the market in Q1/2021 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no 11308-08-20G
Q1/2017 Release date Q1/2021
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,499 $
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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

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)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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