GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G (rev. 2.0) LHR
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G (rev. 2.0) LHR and the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G (rev. 2.0) LHR is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR and has 8704 texture shaders and 68 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G (rev. 2.0) LHR GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GA102-202-K1-A1 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
8704 Shader 2560
96 Render Output Units 64
272 Texture Units 160
68 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G (rev. 2.0) LHR has 10 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 323 GB/s.

10 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5X
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.264 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.1 Gbps
760 GB/s Memory bandwidth 323 GB/s
320 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G (rev. 2.0) LHR clocks in the base with up to 1.440 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G is 1.607 GHz.

1.440 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 1.847 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.82 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G (rev. 2.0) LHR is 320 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

320 W TDP 180 W
370 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G (rev. 2.0) LHR has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 120 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
0 dB Noise (Load) --

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 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G (rev. 2.0) LHR.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
3x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x 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 Xtreme Waterforce 10G (rev. 2.0) LHR supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G (rev. 2.0) LHR is 252 mm long, 135 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 42 mm wide.

252 mm Length 279 mm
135 mm Height 140 mm
40 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1100 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G (rev. 2.0) LHR was released in Q2/2021 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

GV-N3080AORUSX W-10GD Part-no --
Q2/2021 Release date Q2/2016
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (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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