GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX (1-Click OC)
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX (1-Click OC) has 5888 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.79 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 21.02 TFLOPS.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 8G has 2944 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.85 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.87 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX (1-Click OC) is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 46 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 8G is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.
GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX (1-Click OC) GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GA104-300-A1 GPU Chip TU104
Ampere Architecture Turing
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
5888 Shader 2944
96 Render Output Units 64
184 Texture Units 184
46 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX (1-Click OC) is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 8G has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX (1-Click OC) has a turbo clock of 1.785 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 8G is 1.845 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
1.785 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.71 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX (1-Click OC) has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 8G is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 88 °C.

220 W TDP 215 W
-- TDP (up) 250 W
93 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX (1-Click OC) are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 8G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 102 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 35 dB
-- Noise (Load) 44 dB

Connectivity

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX (1-Click OC) supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 8G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX (1-Click OC) supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 8G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX (1-Click OC) is 58 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 8G is 58 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

299 mm Length 290 mm
139 mm Height 134 mm
58 mm Width 60 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 EX (1-Click OC) was released in Q4/2020.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 8G published in Q4/2018 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

37NSL6MD2V7V Part-no GV-N2080AORUS-8GC
Q4/2020 Release date Q4/2018
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 769 $
8 nm Structure size 12 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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