GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC)
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) and the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 and has 8704 texture shaders and 68 execution units.

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, which has 2944 shaders and 46 execution units.
GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GA102-200-K1-A1 GPU Chip TU104
Ampere Architecture Turing
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
8704 Shader 2944
96 Render Output Units 64
272 Texture Units 184
68 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) has 10 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 452 GB/s.

10 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.767 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.1 Gbps
760 GB/s Memory bandwidth 452 GB/s
320 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) clocks in the base with up to 1.440 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G is 1.515 GHz.

1.440 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 1.890 GHz
1.76 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.71 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) is 320 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

320 W TDP 250 W
370 W TDP (up) 300 W
93 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 102 mm Fan 1 2 x 120 mm
2 x 92 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type AIO water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 0 dB

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 RTX 3080 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC).

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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 3080 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G 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 directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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 3080 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) is 330 mm long, 142 mm high and 58 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G is 290 mm long, 131 mm high and 40 mm wide.

330 mm Length 290 mm
142 mm Height 131 mm
58 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 EX Gamer White (1-Click OC) was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 849 $.

38NWM3MD2GAC Part-no GV-N2080AORUSX W-8GC
Q4/2020 Release date Q3/2018
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 849 $
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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