GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce WB 8G
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ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce WB 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 452 GB/s.

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce WB 8G has the TU104 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC is based on the graphics chip GA104-200-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce WB 8G GPU ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
TU104 GPU Chip GA104-200-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
2944 Shader 4864
64 Render Output Units 80
184 Texture Units 152
46 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce WB 8G clocks at 1.767 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.1 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

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 clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.890 GHz Boost Clock 1.695 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.67 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce WB 8G is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 200 W.

250 W TDP 200 W
300 W TDP (up) 220 W
88 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce WB 8G is equipped with a total of 0 Axial main fans.

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce WB 8G.

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce WB 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge 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 ZOTAC SPECTRA

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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 Xtreme Waterforce WB 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

291 mm Length 222 mm
159 mm Height 116 mm
29 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce WB 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q3/2018.

The ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N2080AORUSX WB-8GC Part-no ZT-A30610H-10M
Q3/2018 Release date Q4/2020
839 $ Launch Price 449 $
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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