KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF and the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 and has 8704 texture shaders and 68 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GA102-200-K1-A1 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
8704 Shader 2560
96 Render Output Units 64
272 Texture Units 160
68 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF has 10 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

10 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5X
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
760 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
320 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF clocks in the base with up to 1.440 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G is 1.607 GHz.

1.440 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.771 GHz
1.80 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.76 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF is 320 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 3 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

320 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 102 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
1 x 92 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF is 352 mm long, 160 mm high and 68 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 42 mm wide.

352 mm Length 279 mm
160 mm Height 140 mm
68 mm Width 42 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1100 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF was released in Q3/2021 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

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Q3/2021 Release date Q2/2016
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (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)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF
10 GB GDDR6X
4790

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)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF
10 GB GDDR6X
63 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF
10 GB GDDR6X
74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF
10 GB GDDR6X
110 fps (avg)

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)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF
10 GB GDDR6X
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF
10 GB GDDR6X
76 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF
10 GB GDDR6X
127 fps (avg)

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)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF
10 GB GDDR6X
108 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF
10 GB GDDR6X
186 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
77 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 HOF
10 GB GDDR6X
211 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
108 fps (avg)

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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