MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G
vs
PNY GeForce GTX 1080


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

GPU

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.
MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G GPU PNY GeForce GTX 1080
AMD RX Vega 64 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Vega 10 XT GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
GCN 5 Architecture Pascal
64 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
4096 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 64
256 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR5X
0.945 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
1.9 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
484 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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.

1.247 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.546 GHz Boost Clock 1.733 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

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

Cooler & Fans

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.

Radial Fan-Type Radial
1 x 75 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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.

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

Featureset

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.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

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.

283 mm Length 267 mm
130 mm Height 111 mm
40 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1040 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G was released in Q3/2017 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

V803-869R Part-no VCGGTX10808PB
Q3/2017 Release date Q2/2016
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 16 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)

PNY GeForce GTX 1080 PNY GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
1589

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)

MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G
8 GB HBM2
64 fps (avg)
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 PNY GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G
8 GB HBM2
92 fps (avg)
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 PNY GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Iron 8G
8 GB HBM2
128 fps (avg)
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 PNY GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
106 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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