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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

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	15530
PassMark - G2D Mark	891
Geekbench - OpenCL	52400
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	7532

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	265	261
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