EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER XC2 GAMING
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER XC2 GAMING is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 496 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Ampere) and has 10 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER XC2 GAMING has the TU104 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G is based on the graphics chip GA102-200-K1-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER XC2 GAMING GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
TU104 GPU Chip GA102-200-K1-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
48 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
3072 Shader 8704
64 Render Output Units 96
192 Texture Units 272
48 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER XC2 GAMING clocks at 1.938 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.5 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G is 19.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.188 GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

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

1.650 GHz Base Clock 1.440 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER XC2 GAMING is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 320 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER XC2 GAMING is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 120 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type AIO water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 0 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER XC2 GAMING.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER XC2 GAMING it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER XC2 GAMING is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

270 mm Length 252 mm
111 mm Height 135 mm
-- Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER XC2 GAMING has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q3/2019.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

08G-P4-3185-KR Part-no GV-N3080AORUSX W-10GD
Q3/2019 Release date Q4/2020
799 $ Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 8 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)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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