GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING 11G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G and the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING 11G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING 11G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING 11G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GP102-350-K1-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2560 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 88
160 Texture Units 224
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING 11G can access 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5X
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.388 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 11.1 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 484 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.632 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING 11G is 1.480 GHz.

1.632 GHz Base Clock 1.480 GHz
1.797 GHz Boost Clock 1.620 GHz
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.61 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING 11G has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

180 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING 11G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
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 GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING 11G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING 11G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G is 280 mm long, 114 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING 11G is 290 mm long, 140 mm high and 51 mm wide.

280 mm Length 290 mm
114 mm Height 140 mm
41 mm Width 51 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1257 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING 11G was introduced in Q1/2017 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2017
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
16 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)

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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