GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G and the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER and has 3072 texture shaders and 48 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, which has 5888 shaders and 46 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
TU104 GPU Chip GA104-300-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
48 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
3072 Shader 5888
64 Render Output Units 96
192 Texture Units 184
48 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 496 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.938 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
15.5 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
496 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.650 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC is 1.500 GHz.

1.650 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.860 GHz Boost Clock 1.755 GHz
1.82 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC has a TDP of 220 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 220 W
280 W TDP (up) 250 W
89 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G has a total of 0 -- fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) 36-37 dB

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 RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes 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 RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G is 290 mm long, 131 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC is 305 mm long, 121 mm high and 52 mm wide.

290 mm Length 305 mm
131 mm Height 121 mm
40 mm Width 52 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 992 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 929 $.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G OC was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 679 $.

GV-N208SAORUS W-8GC Part-no --
Q3/2019 Release date Q4/2020
929 $ Launch Price 679 $
12 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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