SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF
vs
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF is based on the Intel Arc A380 Graphics (Alchemist) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 186 GB/s.

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.

GPU

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.
SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF GPU PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
Intel Arc A380 Graphics Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
ACM-G11 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Alchemist Architecture Pascal
128 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1024 Shader 2560
32 Render Output Units 64
64 Texture Units 160
8 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.938 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
15.5 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
186 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
96 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

2.000 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
2.000 GHz Boost Clock 1.733 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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 (Reference).

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.

75 W (Reference) TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
Unknown Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
1 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
0 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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.

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

Featureset

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.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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 / Encode AV1 No
No VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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.

153 mm Length 267 mm
100 mm Height 111 mm
-- Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The SPARKLE Intel Arc A380 ELF has been manufactured with a structure width of 6 nanometers since Q2/2023.

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

SA380E-6G Part-no GF1080GTX8GEPB
Q2/2023 Release date Q2/2016
-- Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
6 nm Structure size 16 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR5X
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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

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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