GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC 8G
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 608 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Pascal) and has 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 489 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC 8G has the GA104-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z is based on the graphics chip GP102-350-K1-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC 8G GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GA104-400-A1 GPU Chip GP102-350-K1-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
48 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
6144 Shader 3584
96 Render Output Units 88
192 Texture Units 224
48 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC 8G clocks at 1.188 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 19.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z is 11.1 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.391 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5X
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.391 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 11.1 Gbps
608 GB/s Memory bandwidth 489 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.580 GHz Base Clock 1.480 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 1.721 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.70 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC 8G is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 290 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z has 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

290 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC 8G is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
1 x 80 mm Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC 8G.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

320 mm Length 320 mm
126 mm Height 140 mm
55 mm Width 61 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1707 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Ti VISION OC 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q2/2021.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z came on the market in Q1/2017 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N307TVISION OC-8GD Part-no --
Q2/2021 Release date Q1/2017
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
8 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)

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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