GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 12G
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 12G has 10240 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.77 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 36.25 TFLOPS.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.75 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.52 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 12G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 80 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 12G GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GA102-225-A1 GPU Chip GP102-350-K1-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
80 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
10240 Shader 3584
112 Render Output Units 88
320 Texture Units 224
80 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 12G is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.188 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G has a 11 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.431GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5X
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.431 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 11.4 Gbps
912 GB/s Memory bandwidth 528 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 12G has a turbo clock of 1.770 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G is 1.746 GHz.

1.365 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.770 GHz Boost Clock 1.746 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.72 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 12G 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 93 °C.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 91 °C.

350 W TDP 280 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 12G are cooled with a AIO water cooling.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G is cooled by a Water cooling.

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

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 12G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 12G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 12G is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

252 mm Length 267 mm
135 mm Height 149 mm
40 mm Width 28 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 12G was released in Q2/2021.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G published in Q1/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

GV-N308TAORUSX W-12GD Part-no GV-N108TAORUSX WB-11GD
Q2/2021 Release date Q1/2017
1,199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 16 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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