ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080
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MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 has 2944 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.74 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 10.25 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.62 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 11.61 TFLOPS.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 46 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC has a 11 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.376GHz.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 has a turbo clock of 1.740 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC is 1.620 GHz.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 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 88 °C.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC 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 91 °C.

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 is 54 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC is 54 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 was released in Q3/2018.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AERO 11G OC published in Q1/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.