GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G and the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA, 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.

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, which has 2944 shaders and 46 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip TU104
Pascal Architecture Turing
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
2560 Shader 2944
64 Render Output Units 64
160 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

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 EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 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 EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA is 1.515 GHz.

1.632 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
1.797 GHz Boost Clock 1.860 GHz
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.71 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 EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA has a TDP of 210 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

180 W TDP 210 W
-- TDP (up) 245 W
94 °C Tjunction max 88 °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 EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 35 dB
-- Noise (Load) 45 dB

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 EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

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 EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA is 302 mm long, 139 mm high and -- wide.

280 mm Length 302 mm
114 mm Height 139 mm
41 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
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 EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 819 $.

GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD Part-no 08G-P4-2287-KR
Q2/2016 Release date Q3/2018
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 819 $
16 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)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA
8 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA
8 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)

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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