GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G
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EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Pascal) and has 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 528 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G has the GP102-350-K1-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming is based on the graphics chip GA102-200-K1-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GP102-350-K1-A1 GPU Chip GA102-200-K1-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
3584 Shader 8704
88 Render Output Units 96
224 Texture Units 272
0 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G clocks at 1.431 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 11.4 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming is 19.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.188 GHz.

11 GB Memory Size 10 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6X
1.431 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
11.4 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
528 GB/s Memory bandwidth 760 GB/s
352 bit Memory Interface 320 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.440 GHz
1.746 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
1.72 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 280 W.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 320 W.

280 W TDP 320 W
-- TDP (up) 370 W
91 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G is equipped with a total of 0 -- main fans.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) 42-44 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 285 mm
149 mm Height 111 mm
28 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q1/2017.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N108TAORUSX WB-11GD Part-no 10G-P5-3881-KR
Q1/2017 Release date Q4/2020
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 799 $
16 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)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming
10 GB GDDR6X
104 fps (avg)

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)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming
10 GB GDDR6X
120 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)

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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