Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition and the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2560 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 64
160 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5X
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G is 1.607 GHz.

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

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

180 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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) 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G 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
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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 VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 37 mm wide.

267 mm Length 279 mm
111 mm Height 140 mm
38 mm Width 37 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 877 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

NEB1080015P2F Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2016
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 16 nm
-- 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)

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)

Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR5X
40 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR5X
75 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR5X
106 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G
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

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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