ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Extreme
vs
Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Extreme is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 345 GB/s.

The Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 is based on the AMD RX Vega 64 (GCN 5) and has 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Extreme has the GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 is based on the graphics chip Vega 10 XT, which comes from the GCN 5 architecture.

The graphics memory of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Extreme clocks at 1.350 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 10.8 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 is 1.9 Gbps and the clock speed is 0.945 GHz.

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

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Extreme is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 270 W.

The Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 295 W.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Extreme is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Extreme.

The Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Extreme it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 is 7680x4320 pixels.

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.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Extreme is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Extreme has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 64 came on the market in Q3/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.