Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT vs GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G

GPU comparison with benchmarks The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G 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 Radeon RX 6800 XT has the Navi 21 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G is based on the graphics chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT	GPU	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	Based on	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Navi 21 XT	GPU Chip	GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
RDNA 2	Architecture	Pascal
72	Streaming Multiprocessors	20
4608	Shader	2560
128	Render Output Units	64
288	Texture Units	160
72	Raytracing Cores	0

Memory The graphics memory of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps. The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G is 10.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.251 GHz.
16 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
512 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s
256 bit	Memory Interface	256 bit

Clock Speeds The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
1.825 GHz	Base Clock	1.733 GHz
2.250 GHz	Boost Clock	1.771 GHz
2.02 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock	1.73 GHz
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 300 W. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 180 W.
300 W	TDP	180 W
345 W	TDP (up)	--
100 °C	Tjunction max	94 °C
2 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
3 x 80 mm	Fan 1	1 x 90 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
0 dB	Noise (Idle)	dB
37 dB	Noise (Load)	--

Connectivity Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G 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	1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4a	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4
--	DVI Ports	1
--	VGA Ports	--
1	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset With the Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT 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 1080 Mini ITX 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate)	DirectX	12_1
Yes	Raytracing	No
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
Non addressable LED	LED	No LED lighting

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 Radeon RX 6800 XT is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
267 mm	Length	169 mm
120 mm	Height	131 mm
50 mm	Width	37 mm
3 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
1500 g	Weight	--
PCIe 4.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data The Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT has been manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers since Q2/2021. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.
21304-01-20G	Part-no	GV-N1080IX-8GD
Q2/2021	Release date	Q2/2016
649 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	599 $ (Reference)
7 nm	Structure size	16 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT
1.825 GHz, 16 GB (300 W TDP)

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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G
1.733 GHz, 8 GB (180 W TDP)

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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


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	9213
	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G 8 GB GDDR5X	3355

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	9462
	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G 8 GB GDDR5X	1606

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	3527

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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 Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	59 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	68 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	102 fps (avg)

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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.

3840x2160 (2160p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	32 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	64 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	112 fps (avg)

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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 Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	155408
	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G 8 GB GDDR5X	54434

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	155418
	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G 8 GB GDDR5X	65251

Geekbench 6 - Metal


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	195225

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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)


	Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6	20.74
	GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G 8 GB GDDR5X	9.06

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GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

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