GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G and the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps, 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.

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8G GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2560 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 64
160 Texture Units 160
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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 352 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5X
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.376 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 11.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 352 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 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 %. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps is 1.708 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 6 %.

1.632 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 2 % Base Clock 1.708 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 6 %
1.797 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 4 % Boost Clock 1.873 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 8 %
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.85 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

180 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 94 °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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps 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 v1.4
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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps is 287 mm long, 140 mm high and 57 mm wide.

280 mm Length 287 mm
114 mm Height 140 mm
41 mm Width 57 mm
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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G 11Gbps was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD Part-no GV-N1080AORUS-8GD
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2016
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (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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