INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra 4GB
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra 4GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Ampere) and has 10 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

GPU

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra 4GB has the GM206-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G is based on the graphics chip GA102-200-K1-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra 4GB GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GM206-300-A1 GPU Chip GA102-200-K1-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ampere
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
1024 Shader 8704
32 Render Output Units 96
64 Texture Units 272
0 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

The graphics memory of the INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra 4GB clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G is 19.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.188 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 10 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 760 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 320 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.329 GHz Base Clock 1.440 GHz
1.393 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra 4GB is powered by 2 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 320 W.

120 W TDP 320 W
-- TDP (up) 370 W
98 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra 4GB is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra 4GB.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 3x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra 4GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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

Dimensions

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra 4GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

300 mm Length 252 mm
115 mm Height 135 mm
-- Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 960 iCHILL X3 Air Boss Ultra 4GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q4/2015.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Xtreme Waterforce 10G came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

C960-2SDN-M5CNX Part-no GV-N3080AORUSX W-10GD
Q4/2015 Release date Q4/2020
249 $ Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 8 nm
-- 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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