GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Pascal) and has 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 489 GB/s.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC has the TU104 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X is based on the graphics chip GP102-350-K1-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
TU104 GPU Chip GP102-350-K1-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2944 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 88
184 Texture Units 224
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X is 11.1 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.391 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.391 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 11.1 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 489 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.480 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.683 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.66 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

215 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type --
2 x 90 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 OC.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X 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 2x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC 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 Ti SEA HAWK EK X is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X needs the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

283 mm Length 277 mm
139 mm Height 170 mm
41 mm Width 22 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 1 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1312 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q3/2018.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X came on the market in Q1/2017 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

28NSL6UCT7OC Part-no --
Q3/2018 Release date Q1/2017
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (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)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC
8 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC
8 GB GDDR6
69 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)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC
8 GB GDDR6
67 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X
11 GB GDDR5X
60 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC
8 GB GDDR6
121 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X
11 GB GDDR5X
111 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 OC
8 GB GDDR6
169 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X
11 GB GDDR5X
155 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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