GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
vs
MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC and the MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.

MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030, which has 384 shaders and 3 execution units.
GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC GPU MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GP108-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 3
2560 Shader 384
64 Render Output Units 16
160 Texture Units 24
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1 can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 48 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.502 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC clocks in the base with up to 1.657 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1 is 1.265 GHz.

1.657 GHz Base Clock 1.265 GHz
1.797 GHz Boost Clock 1.518 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1 has a TDP of 30 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

180 W TDP 30 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1 has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 50 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC.

The MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1 supports a maximum of 2 screens.

4 Max. Displays 2
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports --
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC is 296 mm long, 144 mm high and 43 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1 is 159 mm long, 69 mm high and 19 mm wide.

296 mm Length 159 mm
144 mm Height 69 mm
43 mm Width 19 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 1 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 132 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 4

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1 was introduced in Q2/2017 at a price of 79 $ (Reference).

80NSJ6DHL4EC Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2017
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 79 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 14 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)

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)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
8 GB GDDR5X
41 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1 MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1
2 GB GDDR5
1 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
8 GB GDDR5X
78 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1 MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1
2 GB GDDR5
17 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
8 GB GDDR5X
110 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1 MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OCV1
2 GB GDDR5
22 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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