NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
vs
ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.73 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 8.87 TFLOPS.

The ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.74 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 14.03 TFLOPS.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC is based on the Battlemage architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GPU ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on Intel Arc B580 Graphics
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip BMG-G21
Pascal Architecture Battlemage
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2560 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 80
160 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.251 GHz clocks.

The ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.375GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 2.375 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 456 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has a turbo clock of 1.733 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC is 2.740 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 2.740 GHz
1.733 GHz Boost Clock 2.740 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is Unknown.

180 W TDP 190 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max Unknown
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1a
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v2.1
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

267 mm Length 249 mm
111 mm Height 132 mm
38 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 720 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 was released in Q2/2016.

The ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC published in Q4/2024 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

-- Part-no B580 CL 12GO
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2024
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 5 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
3319

Port Royal (Raytracing)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA 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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
53292

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
63883

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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