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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 vs MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 8 GB HBM2 · 1.51 GHz · 280 W Speed index 9/100

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 (GCN 5) and has 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8 GB GDDR5X · 1.73 GHz · 180 W Speed index 7/100

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

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is 22 % faster than the MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Speed index
9/100
7/100
FP32
10.83 TFLOPS
8.87 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.51 GHz
1.73 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB HBM2
8 GB GDDR5X
Memory bandwidth
410 GB/s
320 GB/s
TDP
280 W
180 W
Launch Price
399 $
599 $

GPU

GPUSapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Based onAMD RX Vega 56NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GPU ChipVega 10 XLGP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors5620
Shader35842560
Render Output Units6464
Texture Units256160
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 has the Vega 10 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 5 architecture.

The MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is based on the graphics chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.

Memory

MemorySapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Memory Size8 GB8 GB
Memory TypeHBM2GDDR5X
Memory Clock0.800 GHz1.251 GHz
Memory Speed1.6 Gbps10.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth410 GB/s320 GB/s
Memory Interface2,048 bit256 bit
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The graphics memory of the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 clocks at 0.800 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 1.6 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 10.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.251 GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Base Clock1.208 GHz1.607 GHz
Boost Clock1.512 GHz1.733 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
TDP280 W180 W
Tjunction max100 °C94 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 280 W.

The MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 180 W.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 12 x 100 mm1 x 70 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Connectivity

ConnectivitySapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Max. Displays44
HDCP--2.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.43x DP 1.4
DVI--1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56.

The MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

Featureset

FeaturesetSapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_112_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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With the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode
AV1NoNo
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsSapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Length282 mm281 mm
Height125 mm126 mm
Width50 mm42 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

Additional data

Additional dataSapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2017Q2/2016
Launch Price399 $599 $
Structure size14 nm16 nm
Part-no11276-01-40GM-NGTX1080/5RGHDPPP
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q3/2017.

The MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

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 MANLI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition +10.3 %

  1. 3,009
  2. 3,319

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 1,589

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 Vega 56 +10.0 %

  1. 44 fps (avg)
  2. 40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 +9.3 %

  1. 82 fps (avg)
  2. 75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 +8.5 %

  1. 115 fps (avg)
  2. 106 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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 +16.7 %

  1. 62,205
  2. 53,292

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX Vega 56 +2.6 %

  1. 65,549
  2. 63,883

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 73,911
  2. no data

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