GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX (1-Click OC) (V2)
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX (1-Click OC) (V2) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX (1-Click OC) (V2) has the TU104 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G is based on the graphics chip GA102, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX (1-Click OC) (V2) GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
TU104 GPU Chip GA102
Turing Architecture Ampere
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 70
2944 Shader 8960
64 Render Output Units 112
184 Texture Units 280
46 Raytracing Cores 70

Memory

The graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX (1-Click OC) (V2) clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G is 19.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.188 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 912 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.260 GHz
1.755 GHz Boost Clock 1.830 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX (1-Click OC) (V2) is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 215 W.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 350 W.

215 W TDP 350 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX (1-Click OC) (V2) is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX (1-Click OC) (V2).

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G 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 v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX (1-Click OC) (V2) 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 WB 12G 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX (1-Click OC) (V2) 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 WB 12G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

295 mm Length 252 mm
143 mm Height 163 mm
52 mm Width 29 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX (1-Click OC) (V2) has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q3/2018.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 12G came on the market in Q1/2022 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

28NSL6MDU9E2 Part-no GV-N3080AORUSX WB-12GD
Q3/2018 Release date Q1/2022
699 $ (Reference) 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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