GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G and the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 and has 2944 texture shaders and 46 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, which has 2944 shaders and 46 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
TU104 GPU Chip TU104
Turing Architecture Turing
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
2944 Shader 2944
64 Render Output Units 64
184 Texture Units 184
46 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 452 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X 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
1.767 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.1 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
452 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.515 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X is 1.515 GHz.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
1.890 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 11 % Boost Clock 1.860 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 9 %
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.71 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G is 250 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 16 %. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X has a TDP of 260 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 21 % and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 16 % TDP 260 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 21 %
300 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 26 % TDP (up) 310 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 30 %
88 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X has 0 -- fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type --
2 x 120 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) 0 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 Xtreme Waterforce 8G.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X 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 MSI Mystic Light

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 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G is 290 mm long, 131 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X is 305 mm long, 169 mm high and 42 mm wide.

290 mm Length 305 mm
131 mm Height 169 mm
40 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1365 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G was released in Q3/2018 at a price of 849 $.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X was introduced in Q2/2019 at a price of 849 $.

GV-N2080AORUSX W-8GC Part-no --
Q3/2018 Release date Q2/2019
849 $ Launch Price 849 $
12 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)

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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