PNY GeForce GTX 1080 V2
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SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU (45W)

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 V2 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU (45W) is based on the AMD Radeon RX 560 (14 CU) (GCN 4) and has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 V2 has the GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU (45W) is based on the graphics chip Polaris 21 XL, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.

The graphics memory of the PNY GeForce GTX 1080 V2 clocks at 1.251 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 10.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU (45W) is 6.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.500 GHz.

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 V2 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU (45W) has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 45 W.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 V2 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU (45W) has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the PNY GeForce GTX 1080 V2.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU (45W) supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the PNY GeForce GTX 1080 V2 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU (45W) is 5120x2880 pixels.

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 V2 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU (45W) needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 V2 has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 560 2G G5 14CU (45W) came on the market in Q3/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.