In the gpu comparison between the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 23 % faster than the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5.
The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 590 and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5X
Memory Clock
2.100 GHz
1.251 GHz
Memory Speed
8.4 Gbps
10.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
269 GB/s
320 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
256 bit
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The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 269 GB/s.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Base Clock
1.469 GHz
1.607 GHz
Boost Clock
1.560 GHz
1.733 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 clocks in the base with up to 1.469 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 1.607 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
TDP
225 W
180 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 is 225 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 95 mm
1 x 70 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Non addressable LED
No LED lighting
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The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Length
260 mm
267 mm
Height
135 mm
111 mm
Width
43 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Sapphire NITRO+ RX 590 8G G5 is 260 mm long, 135 mm high and 43 mm wide.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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