NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 53% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • 4.7x more texture fill rate: 277.3 GTexel / s vs 58.8 GTexel / s
  • 2.9x more pipelines: 2560 vs 896
  • 4.7x better floating-point performance: 8,873 gflops vs 1,882 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11173 vs 4551
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11173 vs 4551
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 May 2016 vs 2 September 2013
Core clock speed 1607 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate 277.3 GTexel / s vs 58.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2560 vs 896
Floating-point performance 8,873 gflops vs 1,882 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11173 vs 4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11173 vs 4551

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • 600x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 10 GB/s
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6886 vs 3690
  • 5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 17482 vs 3343
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6886 vs 3690
  • 5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 17482 vs 3343
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 180 Watt
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 10 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6886 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 17482 vs 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6886 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 17482 vs 3343

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11173
4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3690
6886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
17482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11173
4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3690
6886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
17482
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 15537
PassMark - G2D Mark 887
Geekbench - OpenCL 55504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11173 4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3690 6886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 17482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11173 4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3690 6886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 17482
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7537

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 2.0
Code name GP104 Bonaire
Launch date 27 May 2016 2 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $599
Place in performance rating 273 274
Price now $439.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 43.72

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1733 MHz
Core clock speed 1607 MHz 1050 MHz
CUDA cores 2560
Floating-point performance 8,873 gflops 1,882 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C
Pipelines 2560 896
Texture fill rate 277.3 GTexel / s 58.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 85 Watt
Transistor count 7,200 million 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm) 183 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 8-pin 1x 6-pin
Width 2-slot

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 320 GB / s 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 10 GB/s 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready