GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce WB 8G
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE WB


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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE WB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (Ada Lovelace) and has 16 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 717 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE WB is based on the graphics chip AD103-300-A1, which comes from the Ada Lovelace architecture.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce WB 8G GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE WB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
TU104 GPU Chip AD103-300-A1
Turing Architecture Ada Lovelace
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 76
2944 Shader 9728
64 Render Output Units 112
184 Texture Units 304
46 Raytracing Cores 76

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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE WB is 22.4 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.400 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.767 GHz Memory Clock 1.400 GHz
14.1 Gbps Memory Speed 22.4 Gbps
452 GB/s Memory bandwidth 717 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 2.205 GHz
1.890 GHz Boost Clock 2.565 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE WB has 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 320 W.

250 W TDP 320 W
300 W TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE WB has 0 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Water cooling Cooler-Type Water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) 0 dB

Connectivity

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

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE WB 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE WB 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 GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE WB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

291 mm Length 235 mm
159 mm Height 169 mm
29 mm Width 29 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE WB came on the market in Q4/2022 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N2080AORUSX WB-8GC Part-no GV-N4080AORUSX WB-16GD
Q3/2018 Release date Q4/2022
839 $ Launch Price 1,199 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 5 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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