ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 has 8704 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.74 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 30.29 TFLOPS.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G has 3072 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 11.15 TFLOPS.

GPU

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 RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 48 execution units.
ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
GA102-200-K1-A1 GPU Chip TU104
Ampere Architecture Turing
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 48
8704 Shader 3072
96 Render Output Units 64
272 Texture Units 192
68 Raytracing Cores 48

Memory

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 RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.938GHz.

10 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.938 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.5 Gbps
760 GB/s Memory bandwidth 496 GB/s
320 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 has a turbo clock of 1.740 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G is 1.815 GHz.

1.440 GHz Base Clock 1.650 GHz
1.740 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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 RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 89 °C.

320 W TDP 250 W
370 W TDP (up) 280 W
93 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 are cooled with a Water cooling.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 3 x 82 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) 44 dB

Connectivity

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

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.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 is 20 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G is 20 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

216 mm Length 286 mm
136 mm Height 114 mm
20 mm Width 50 mm
1 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 was released in Q3/2020.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G published in Q3/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

RTX3080-10G-EK Part-no GV-N208SWF3-8GD
Q3/2020 Release date Q3/2019
859 $ Launch Price 729 $
8 nm Structure size 12 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
106 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G
8 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
37 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
73 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
122 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
104 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G
8 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
178 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G
8 GB GDDR6
121 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080 ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X
202 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Windforce 8G
8 GB GDDR6
166 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

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.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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