GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G
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MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP


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 MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Turing) and has 11 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 616 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 MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP is based on the graphics chip TU102, which comes from the Turing architecture.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
GP102-350-K1-A1 GPU Chip TU102
Pascal Architecture Turing
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
3584 Shader 4352
88 Render Output Units 88
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 MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

11 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.431 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
11.4 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
528 GB/s Memory bandwidth 616 GB/s
352 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.350 GHz
1.746 GHz Boost Clock 1.545 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 MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

280 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) 320 W
91 °C Tjunction max 89 °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 MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
3x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
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 MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion LED No LED lighting

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 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 MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 268 mm
149 mm Height 112 mm
28 mm Width 50 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1087 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 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 MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP came on the market in Q3/2018 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N108TAORUSX WB-11GD Part-no --
Q1/2017 Release date Q3/2018
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,579 $
16 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP
11 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP
11 GB GDDR6
61 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus GP
11 GB GDDR6
85 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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