GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC)
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GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) has the TU104 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) is based on the graphics chip GA102-200-K1-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) GPU GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
TU104 GPU Chip GA102-200-K1-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
2944 Shader 8704
64 Render Output Units 96
184 Texture Units 272
46 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

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

The graphics memory speed of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) is 19.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.188 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 10 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 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.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.440 GHz
1.755 GHz Boost Clock 1.770 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.76 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 320 W.

215 W TDP 320 W
-- TDP (up) 370 W
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 Gamer (1-Click OC) is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 102 mm
-- Fan 2 2 x 92 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) 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 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 Gamer (1-Click OC) is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

305 mm Length 330 mm
143 mm Height 142 mm
51 mm Width 58 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q3/2018.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer (1-Click OC) came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

28NSL6UCW7GX Part-no 38NWM3MD1JAA
Q3/2018 Release date Q4/2020
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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