KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti EX
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti EX is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Turing) and has 11 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 616 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 452 GB/s.

GPU

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti EX has the TU102 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G is based on the graphics chip TU104, which comes from the Turing architecture.
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti EX GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
TU102 GPU Chip TU104
Turing Architecture Turing
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
4352 Shader 2944
88 Render Output Units 64
272 Texture Units 184
68 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The graphics memory of the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti EX clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G is 14.1 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.767 GHz.

11 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.767 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.1 Gbps
616 GB/s Memory bandwidth 452 GB/s
352 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.350 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
1.605 GHz Boost Clock 1.890 GHz
1.55 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.71 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti EX is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

250 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) 300 W
89 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti EX is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 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 KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti EX.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 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 3x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

With the KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti EX it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti EX is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

320 mm Length 290 mm
110 mm Height 131 mm
50 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti EX has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q3/2018.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce 8G came on the market in Q3/2018 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

28IULBMDT22K Part-no GV-N2080AORUSX W-8GC
Q3/2018 Release date Q3/2018
999 $ (Reference) Launch Price 849 $
12 nm Structure size 12 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)

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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