GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 XTREME WATERFORCE
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 XTREME WATERFORCE and the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 XTREME WATERFORCE is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 and has 10752 texture shaders and 84 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, which has 10752 shaders and 84 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 XTREME WATERFORCE GPU MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
GB203-400-A1 GPU Chip GB203-400-A1
Blackwell Architecture Blackwell
84 Streaming Multiprocessors 84
10752 Shader 10752
128 Render Output Units 128
336 Texture Units 336
84 Raytracing Cores 84

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 XTREME WATERFORCE has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR7 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC can access 16 GB GDDR7 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR7 Memory Type GDDR7
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
30.0 Gbps Memory Speed 30.0 Gbps
960 GB/s Memory bandwidth 960 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 XTREME WATERFORCE clocks in the base with up to 2.295 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC is 2.295 GHz.

2.295 GHz Base Clock 2.295 GHz
2.805 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 7 % Boost Clock 2.760 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 5 %
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 XTREME WATERFORCE is 360 W (Reference). The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 16-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC has a TDP of 360 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.

360 W (Reference) TDP 360 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 XTREME WATERFORCE has a total of 3 Axial (Radiator) fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC has 4 Axial / Axial (Radiator) fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial / Axial (Radiator)
3 x 120 mm Fan 1 1 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 3 x 120 mm
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 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 5080 XTREME WATERFORCE.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 XTREME WATERFORCE supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC 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 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 / Encode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 XTREME WATERFORCE is 220 mm long, 130 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC is 280 mm long, 148 mm high and 51 mm wide.

220 mm Length 280 mm
130 mm Height 148 mm
40 mm Width 51 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 2812 g
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 XTREME WATERFORCE was released in Q1/2025 at a price of 1,169 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC was introduced in Q1/2025 at a price of 1,169 $ (Reference).

GV-N5080AORUSX W-16GD Part-no --
Q1/2025 Release date Q1/2025
1,169 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,169 $ (Reference)
5 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

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

Steel Nomad Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

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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