MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X
vs
Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Phoenix GS


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X has 1920 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.80 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.90 TFLOPS.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Phoenix GS has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.67 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 11.97 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 15 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Phoenix GS is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X GPU Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Phoenix GS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GP104-200-A1 GPU Chip GP102-350-K1-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
15 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1920 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 88
120 Texture Units 224
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.027 GHz clocks.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Phoenix GS has a 11 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.376GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5X
2.027 GHz Memory Clock 1.376 GHz
8.1 Gbps Memory Speed 11.0 Gbps
259 GB/s Memory bandwidth 484 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X has a turbo clock of 1.797 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Phoenix GS is 1.670 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.556 GHz
1.797 GHz Boost Clock 1.670 GHz
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X has 1 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 Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Phoenix GS is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 91 °C.

150 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X are cooled with a Water cooling.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Phoenix GS is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Phoenix GS supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Phoenix GS supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED No LED lighting

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 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X is 20 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Phoenix GS is 20 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

278 mm Length 285 mm
165 mm Height 133 mm
20 mm Width --
1 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1182 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X was released in Q2/2016.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Phoenix GS published in Q1/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

-- Part-no 426018336-3934
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2017
379 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
16 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)

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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