PNY GeForce GTX 1070 XLR8 Gaming Overclocked
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the PNY GeForce GTX 1070 XLR8 Gaming Overclocked and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The PNY GeForce GTX 1070 XLR8 Gaming Overclocked is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and has 1920 texture shaders and 15 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
PNY GeForce GTX 1070 XLR8 Gaming Overclocked GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1920 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 64
120 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The PNY GeForce GTX 1070 XLR8 Gaming Overclocked has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 332 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5X
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.300 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.4 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 332 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The PNY GeForce GTX 1070 XLR8 Gaming Overclocked clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is 1.759 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.759 GHz
1.797 GHz Boost Clock 1.936 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.90 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PNY GeForce GTX 1070 XLR8 Gaming Overclocked is 150 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The PNY GeForce GTX 1070 XLR8 Gaming Overclocked has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G has 1 Axial (Radiator) fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial (Radiator)
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 1 x 120 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type AIO water 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 PNY GeForce GTX 1070 XLR8 Gaming Overclocked.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 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 PNY GeForce GTX 1070 XLR8 Gaming Overclocked supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 PNY GeForce GTX 1070 XLR8 Gaming Overclocked is 305 mm long, 128 mm high and 38 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is 264 mm long, 124 mm high and 41 mm wide.

305 mm Length 264 mm
128 mm Height 124 mm
38 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The PNY GeForce GTX 1070 XLR8 Gaming Overclocked was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

VCGGTX10708XGPB-OC Part-no GV-N1080XTREME W-8GD
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2016
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
16 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)

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

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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