Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 SE
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0)

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 SE is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 SE has the Polaris 20 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 4 architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) is based on the graphics chip GP104-200-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.

The graphics memory of the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 SE clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

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

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 SE is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 235 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 SE is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 SE.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 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 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) is 7680x4320 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 580 8G G5 SE is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G G5 SE has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q4/2017.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 1.0) came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.