GPU comparison with benchmarks

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 vs ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.37 GHz · 225 W Speed index 5/100

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 has 2304 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.37 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 5.71 TFLOPS.

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080
ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB GDDR6 · 1.71 GHz · 250 W Speed index 8/100

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 has 2944 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.71 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.07 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 is 76 % faster than the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080
Speed index
5/100
8/100
FP32
5.71 TFLOPS
10.07 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.37 GHz
1.71 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
448 GB/s
TDP
225 W
250 W
Launch Price
229 $
699 $

GPU

GPUSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080
Based onAMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GPU ChipPolaris 20 XTTU104
Streaming Multiprocessors3646
Shader23042944
Render Output Units3264
Texture Units144184
Raytracing Cores--46
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 4 architecture, which has 36 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.

Memory

MemorySapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080
Memory Size8 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed8.0 Gbps14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s448 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080
Base Clock1.257 GHz1.515 GHz
Boost Clock1.366 GHz1.710 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 has a turbo clock of 1.366 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 is 1.710 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080
TDP225 W250 W
Tjunction max90 °C88 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 90 °C.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 88 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 95 mm2 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivitySapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI2x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort2x DP 1.43x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
USB-C--1
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX1212_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeDecode
AV1NoNo
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080
Length230 mm268 mm
Height125 mm113 mm
Width40 mm38 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataSapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2017Q3/2018
Launch Price229 $699 $
Structure size14 nm12 nm
Part-no11265-05 / 11265-33ZT-T20800G-10P
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8G G5 was released in Q4/2017.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 published in Q3/2018 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

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 ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 +152.4 %

  1. 1,977
  2. 4,989

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 6,429

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 2,163

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

  1. no data
  2. 38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 66 fps (avg)

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) ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 +106.5 %

  1. 31 fps (avg)
  2. 64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 +96.6 %

  1. 59 fps (avg)
  2. 116 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 +90.6 %

  1. 85 fps (avg)
  2. 162 fps (avg)

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 ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 +145.7 %

  1. 43,227
  2. 106,197

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 +150.5 %

  1. 40,453
  2. 101,344

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 42,717
  2. no data

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