In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G and the PNY GeForce GTX 1080, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G is 43 % faster than the PNY GeForce GTX 1080.
The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G is based on the AMD RX Vega 64 and has 4096 texture shaders and 64 execution units.
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G
PNY GeForce GTX 1080
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
HBM2
GDDR5X
Memory Clock
0.945 GHz
1.251 GHz
Memory Speed
1.9 Gbps
10.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
484 GB/s
320 GB/s
Memory Interface
2,048 bit
256 bit
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The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 GB/s.
The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G
PNY GeForce GTX 1080
Base Clock
1.247 GHz
1.607 GHz
Boost Clock
1.546 GHz
1.733 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.247 GHz. The base frequency of the PNY GeForce GTX 1080 is 1.607 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G
PNY GeForce GTX 1080
TDP
295 W
180 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G is 295 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.
The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G
PNY GeForce GTX 1080
Fan-Type
Radial
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 75 mm
1 x 70 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
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The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G has a total of 1 Radial fans.
The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G
PNY GeForce GTX 1080
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4
DVI
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1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G.
The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G
PNY GeForce GTX 1080
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Non addressable LED
No LED lighting
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The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the PNY GeForce GTX 1080 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G
PNY GeForce GTX 1080
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G
PNY GeForce GTX 1080
Length
283 mm
267 mm
Height
130 mm
111 mm
Width
40 mm
42 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
1,040 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G is 283 mm long, 130 mm high and 40 mm wide.
The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 42 mm wide.
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 MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G +5.8 %
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.
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.
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