Radeon RX 580 XTR vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	61	not rated
Place by popularity	51	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	27.39	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	GP102	Polaris 20
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	28 February 2017 (7 years ago)	18 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$229
Current price	$321 (0.5x MSRP)	$500 (2.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3584	2304
Core clock speed	1481 MHz	1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	1340 MHz
Number of transistors	11,800 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	185 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	91 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	354.4	193.0
Floating-point performance	11,340 gflops	6,175 gflops

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	241 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	no data

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 type	GDDR5X	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	11 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	352 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	11000 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	484.4 GB/s	256.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost	3.0	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	+	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	28 February 2017	18 April 2017
Cost	$699	$229
Maximum RAM amount	11 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	185 Watt

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