The PNY 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 PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 144 % faster than the SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF.
The SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF has the ACM-G11 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Alchemist architecture.
The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is based on the graphics chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
Memory
Memory
SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Memory Size
6 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5X
Memory Clock
1.938 GHz
1.251 GHz
Memory Speed
15.5 Gbps
10.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
186 GB/s
320 GB/s
Memory Interface
96 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF clocks at 1.938 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.5 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 10.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.251 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Base Clock
2.000 GHz
1.607 GHz
Boost Clock
2.000 GHz
1.733 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
TDP
75 W
180 W
Tjunction max
Unknown
94 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 75 W.
The PNY 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 & Fans
SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 100 mm
1 x 70 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
--
Noise (Load)
0 dB
--
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The SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.
The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
--
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 2.0
3x DP 1.4
DVI
--
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF.
The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
No
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
Decode / Encode
No
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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
Dimensions
SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Length
153 mm
267 mm
Height
100 mm
111 mm
Width
--
38 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 8 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The PNY 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.
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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