Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (RDNA 1) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE has the Navi 14 XTX graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 1 architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is based on the graphics chip GM204-400-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The graphics memory of the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

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

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 135 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 165 W.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 is 4096x2160 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 Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5500 XT 8G SE has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q3/2019.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 WINDFORCE 3X OC Rev. 2.0 came on the market in Q3/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.