GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G
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ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 AMP


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G has 8960 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.83 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 32.79 TFLOPS.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 AMP has 2944 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.83 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.78 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 70 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 AMP is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G GPU ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 AMP
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GA102 GPU Chip TU104
Ampere Architecture Turing
70 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
8960 Shader 2944
112 Render Output Units 64
280 Texture Units 184
70 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

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

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 AMP has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
912 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G has a turbo clock of 1.830 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 AMP is 1.830 GHz.

1.260 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 1.830 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.71 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 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 ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 AMP is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 88 °C.

350 W TDP 225 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 AMP is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial
2 x 120 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 AMP 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 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

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

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 AMP supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

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 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 AMP is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

252 mm Length 308 mm
135 mm Height 113 mm
40 mm Width 57 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 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 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G was released in Q1/2022.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 AMP published in Q3/2018 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

GV-N3080AORUSX W-12GD Part-no ZT-T20800D-10P
Q1/2022 Release date Q3/2018
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
8 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)

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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