MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC and the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G, 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.

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip TU106
Pascal Architecture Turing
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2560 Shader 2304
64 Render Output Units 64
160 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 36

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 MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 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 MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G is 1.410 GHz.

1.657 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.797 GHz Boost Clock 1.620 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 MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G has a TDP of 175 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

180 W TDP 175 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 100 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 MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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 v1.4a
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 MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 No
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 MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G is 174 mm long, 127 mm high and -- wide.

279 mm Length 174 mm
140 mm Height 127 mm
37 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
877 g Weight 590 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G was introduced in Q4/2018 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2018
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 499 $ (Reference)
16 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR6
54 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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5X
41 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5X
78 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5X
110 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G MSI GeForce RTX 2070 AERO ITX 8G
8 GB GDDR6
132 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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