The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.77 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 9.06 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 is 234 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G.
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G
The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 68 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G
Memory Size
10 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6X
GDDR5X
Memory Clock
1.188 GHz
1.251 GHz
Memory Speed
19.0 Gbps
10.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
760 GB/s
320 GB/s
Memory Interface
320 bit
256 bit
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The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 is equipped with a 10 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.188 GHz clocks.
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.251GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G
Base Clock
1.440 GHz
1.607 GHz
Boost Clock
1.740 GHz
1.771 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.71 GHz
1.73 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 has a turbo clock of 1.740 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G is 1.771 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G
TDP
320 W
180 W
TDP (up)
370 W
--
Tjunction max
93 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G
Fan-Type
--
Axial
Fan 1
--
3 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Water cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
--
Noise (Load)
0 dB
--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 are cooled with a Water cooling.
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4
DVI
--
1
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The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
ASUS Aura Sync
No LED lighting
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The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
Decode
No
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G
Length
216 mm
280 mm
Height
136 mm
114 mm
Width
20 mm
41 mm
Width (Slots)
1 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 is 20 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 D5X 8G is 20 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Time Spy Extreme Graphics score ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 +163.7 %
Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.
The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.
Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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