MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC and the EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.

EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, which has 6144 shaders and 48 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GA104-400-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 48
2560 Shader 6144
64 Render Output Units 96
160 Texture Units 192
0 Raytracing Cores 48

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING can access 8 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 608 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6X
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 608 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC clocks in the base with up to 1.657 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING is 1.580 GHz.

1.657 GHz Base Clock 1.580 GHz
1.797 GHz Boost Clock 1.860 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING has a TDP of 290 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

180 W TDP 290 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 37 mm wide.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING is 300 mm long, 137 mm high and -- wide.

279 mm Length 300 mm
140 mm Height 137 mm
37 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
877 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING was introduced in Q2/2021 at a price of 799 $.

-- Part-no 08G-P5-3797-KL / 08G-P5-3797-BH
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2021
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 799 $
16 nm Structure size 8 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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