GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Gaming LHR


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.94 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 9.91 TFLOPS.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Gaming LHR has 8704 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.76 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 30.55 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Gaming LHR is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 68 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Gaming LHR
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GA102-202-K1-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
2560 Shader 8704
64 Render Output Units 96
160 Texture Units 272
0 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.300 GHz clocks.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Gaming LHR has a 10 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.188GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 10 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6X
1.300 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
10.4 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
332 GB/s Memory bandwidth 760 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 320 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G has a turbo clock of 1.936 GHz. The turbo frequency of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Gaming LHR is 1.755 GHz.

1.759 GHz Base Clock 1.440 GHz
1.936 GHz Boost Clock 1.755 GHz
1.90 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Gaming LHR is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

180 W TDP 320 W
-- TDP (up) 370 W
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G are cooled with a Water cooling.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Gaming LHR is cooled by a Air cooling.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) 41-43 dB

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Gaming LHR supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Gaming LHR supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G is 25 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Gaming LHR is 25 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

266 mm Length 285 mm
121 mm Height 111 mm
25 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE WB 8G was released in Q2/2016.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Gaming LHR published in Q2/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

GV-N1080XTREME WB-8GD Part-no 10G-P5-3885-KL
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2021
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 849 $
16 nm Structure size 8 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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