Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 vs MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition

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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 launched Q4/2018, which is based on AMD Radeon RX 590 architecture. It will come with 8 GB of high-bandwidth GDDR5 memory.The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5 features 2304 shader, 32 render output units, has a boost clock of 1.545 GHz and equipped with a power draw of 225 W. The GPU supports up to 4 monitors with resolutions of 7680x4320. In addition, if you are looking for Air cooling cooler & Axial fan-type, it would be your best choice.

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition launched Q2/2016, which is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 architecture. It will come with 8 GB of high-bandwidth GDDR5X memory.The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition features 2560 shader, 64 render output units, has a boost clock of 1.733 GHz and equipped with a power draw of 180 W. The GPU supports up to 4 monitors with resolutions of 7680x4320. In addition, if you are looking for Air cooling cooler & Radial fan-type, it would be your best choice.

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5

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	GPU
AMD Radeon RX 590	Based on	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Polaris 30	GPU Chip	GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
36	Execution units	20
2304	Shader	2560
32	Render Output Units	64
144	Texture Units	160
	Memory
8 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR5X
2 GHz	Memory Speed	1.251 GHz
256 GB/s	Memory Bandwith	320 GB/s
256 bit	Memory Interface	256 bit
	Clock Speeds
1.469 GHz	Base Clock	1.607 GHz
1.545 GHz	Boost Clock	1.733 GHz
	Avg (Game) Clock
Yes	Overclocking	Yes
	Thermal Design
225 W	TDP	180 W
235 W	TDP (up)	--
--	Tjunction max	--
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin
	Cooler & Fans
Axial	Fan-Type	Radial
2 x 95 mm	Fan 1	1 x 70 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
--	Noise (Idle)	--
--	Noise (Load)	--
	Connectivity
4	Max. Displays	4
2.2	HDCP-Version	2.2
2x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4
1	DVI Ports	1
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--
	Featureset
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12	DirectX	12_1
No	Raytracing	No
No	DLSS / FSR	No}
No LED lighting	LED	No LED lighting
	Supported Video Codecs
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
No	AV1	No
Decode	VP8	Decode
Decode	VP9	Decode
	Dimensions
230 mm	Length	269 mm
125 mm	Height	111 mm
40 mm	Width	40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	1100 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 3.0 x 16
	Additional data
11289-06	Part-no	--
Q4/2018	Release date	Q2/2016
--	Release price	--
14 nm	Structure size	16 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet
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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5		MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
225 W	Max TDP	180 W
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