GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Edition 11G (rev. 1.0/1.1)
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Edition 11G (rev. 1.0/1.1) and the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Edition 11G (rev. 1.0/1.1) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Edition 11G (rev. 1.0/1.1) GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GP102-350-K1-A1 GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
3584 Shader 2560
88 Render Output Units 48
224 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Edition 11G (rev. 1.0/1.1) has 11 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 528 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

11 GB Memory Size 8 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 224 GB/s
352 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Edition 11G (rev. 1.0/1.1) clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G is 1.552 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
1.746 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
1.72 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Edition 11G (rev. 1.0/1.1) is 280 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

280 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Edition 11G (rev. 1.0/1.1) has a total of 1 Axial (Radiator) fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial
1 x 120 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Edition 11G (rev. 1.0/1.1).

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x 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

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Edition 11G (rev. 1.0/1.1) supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G 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 directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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 Xtreme Edition 11G (rev. 1.0/1.1) is 267 mm long, 123 mm high and 36 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G is 172 mm long, 125 mm high and 43 mm wide.

267 mm Length 172 mm
123 mm Height 125 mm
36 mm Width 43 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 486 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Edition 11G (rev. 1.0/1.1) was released in Q1/2017 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

GV-N108TAORUSX W-11GD Part-no --
Q1/2017 Release date Q1/2022
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR6
41 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR6
5 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR6
18 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR6
44 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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