Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 323 GB/s.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS has the TU106 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G is based on the graphics chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
TU106 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2304 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 64
144 Texture Units 160
36 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G is 10.1 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.264 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.264 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.1 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 323 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.

1.410 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.725 GHz Boost Clock 1.911 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.87 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 185 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 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 180 W.

185 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
89 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

292 mm Length 279 mm
130 mm Height 140 mm
60 mm Width 42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1112 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q4/2018.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

426018336-4221 Part-no --
Q4/2018 Release date Q2/2016
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 16 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)

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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS
8 GB GDDR6
57 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS
8 GB GDDR6
101 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
83 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS Gainward GeForce RTX 2070 Phantom GS
8 GB GDDR6
140 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
117 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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