GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.94 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 9.91 TFLOPS.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS has 5888 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 21.37 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GA104-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
2560 Shader 5888
64 Render Output Units 96
160 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.376 GHz clocks.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.376 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
11.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
352 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps has a turbo clock of 1.936 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS is 1.815 GHz.

1.759 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.936 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
1.90 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps 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 94 °C.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

180 W TDP 270 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 41-43 dB

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x 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 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

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
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps is 55 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS is 55 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

293 mm Length 304 mm
142 mm Height 136 mm
55 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps was released in Q2/2016.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 3070 Phantom GS published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

GV-N1080AORUS X11-8GD Part-no NE63070T19P2-1040P
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2020
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 679 $
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)

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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