SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
vs
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (RDNA 2) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

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

GPU

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT has the Navi 23 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is based on the graphics chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Navi 23 XT GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
RDNA 2 Architecture Pascal
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2048 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 64
128 Texture Units 160
32 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is 10.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.251 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.968 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
2.593 GHz Boost Clock 1.771 GHz
2.38 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.73 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 160 W.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 180 W.

160 W TDP 180 W
170 W TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

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.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

240 mm Length 298 mm
120 mm Height 134 mm
45 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q3/2021.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

11309-03-20G Part-no ROG-STRIX-GTX1080-8G-GAMING
Q3/2021 Release date Q2/2016
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
7 nm Structure size 16 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
70 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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
77 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6600 XT
8 GB GDDR6
151 fps (avg)
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
108 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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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