GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G
vs
Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 X-TOP-8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 332 GB/s.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 X-TOP-8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G has the GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 X-TOP-8G is based on the graphics chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G GPU Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 X-TOP-8G
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 graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G clocks at 1.300 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 10.4 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 X-TOP-8G is 10.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.251 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5X
1.300 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
10.4 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
332 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.759 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 9 % Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.936 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 12 % Boost Clock 1.898 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 10 %
1.90 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.73 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 X-TOP-8G has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 180 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is equipped with a total of 1 Axial (Radiator) main fans.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 X-TOP-8G has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial
1 x 120 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 80 mm
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 X-TOP-8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 X-TOP-8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 X-TOP-8G needs the space of -- in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

264 mm Length --
124 mm Height --
41 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The Colorful iGame GeForce GTX 1080 X-TOP-8G came on the market in Q2/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N1080XTREME W-8GD Part-no --
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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