Radeon Pro 580X vs GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated285
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data8.94
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGP104Polaris 20
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)18 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores25602304
Core clock speed1607 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1200 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate277.3172.8
Floating-point processing power8.873 TFLOPS5.53 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs160144

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5XGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHz1695 MHz
Memory bandwidth352.3 GB/s217.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 18 March 2019
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 150 Watt

Pro 580X has an age advantage of 1 year, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps and Radeon Pro 580X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps is a desktop card while Radeon Pro 580X is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
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