GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps
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MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC LHR


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 MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC LHR has 8704 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.74 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 30.29 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 MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC LHR is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 68 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC LHR
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GA102-202-K1-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
2560 Shader 8704
64 Render Output Units 96
160 Texture Units 272
0 Raytracing Cores 68

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 MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC LHR has a 10 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.188GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 10 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6X
1.376 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
11.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
352 GB/s Memory bandwidth 760 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 320 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 MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC LHR is 1.740 GHz.

1.759 GHz Base Clock 1.440 GHz
1.936 GHz Boost Clock 1.740 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 MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC LHR 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 320 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 MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC LHR 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) 37-43 dB

Connectivity

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC LHR 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 MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC LHR 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 No LED lighting

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 MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC LHR is 55 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

293 mm Length 305 mm
142 mm Height 120 mm
55 mm Width 57 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1370 g
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 MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X 10G OC LHR published in Q2/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

GV-N1080AORUS X11-8GD Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2021
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (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)

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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