EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming OC Waterforce WB 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Ampere) and has 10 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming OC Waterforce WB 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 496 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING has the GA102-200-K1-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming OC Waterforce WB 8G is based on the graphics chip TU104, which comes from the Turing architecture.
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming OC Waterforce WB 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 graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING clocks at 1.188 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 19.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming OC Waterforce WB 8G is 15.5 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.938 GHz.

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

1.440 GHz Base Clock 1.650 GHz
1.710 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.82 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 320 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming OC Waterforce WB 8G has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

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 EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming OC Waterforce WB 8G has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type --
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
41-42 dB Noise (Load) 0 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming OC Waterforce WB 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming OC Waterforce WB 8G 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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming OC Waterforce WB 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

285 mm Length 267 mm
111 mm Height 137 mm
-- Width 37 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q4/2020.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming OC Waterforce WB 8G came on the market in Q3/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

10G-P5-3883-KR Part-no GV-N208SGAMINGOC WB-8GD
Q4/2020 Release date Q3/2019
819 $ Launch Price 949 $
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)

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)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING
10 GB GDDR6X
36 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING
10 GB GDDR6X
72 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 GAMING
10 GB GDDR6X
120 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)

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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