ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC has the GA104-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X is based on the graphics chip TU104, which comes from the Turing architecture.
ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GA104-300-A1 GPU Chip TU104
Ampere Architecture Turing
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
5888 Shader 2944
96 Render Output Units 64
184 Texture Units 184
46 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 1.860 GHz
1.82 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.71 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 220 W.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 260 W.

220 W TDP 260 W
250 W TDP (up) 310 W
93 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type --
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 0 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x 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 1

Featureset

With the ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

275 mm Length 305 mm
131 mm Height 169 mm
54 mm Width 42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1365 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q1/2021.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X came on the market in Q2/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

KO-RTX3070-O8G-GAMING Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q2/2019
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 849 $
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)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X
8 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
87 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X
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 KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
105 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 KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
83 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X
8 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
150 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X
8 GB GDDR6
126 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC ASUS KO GeForce RTX 3070 OC
8 GB GDDR6
199 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X
8 GB GDDR6
176 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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