MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
vs
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition and the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, which has 10240 shaders and 80 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition GPU ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GA102-225-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 80
2560 Shader 10240
64 Render Output Units 112
160 Texture Units 320
0 Raytracing Cores 80

Memory

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

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti can access 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 12 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 912 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is 1.365 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.365 GHz
1.733 GHz Boost Clock 1.695 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti has a TDP of 350 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

180 W TDP 350 W
-- TDP (up) 370 W
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 3 x 95 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 Founders Edition.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x 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 Founders Edition supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 Founders Edition is 269 mm long, 111 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is 300 mm long, 127 mm high and 52 mm wide.

269 mm Length 300 mm
111 mm Height 127 mm
40 mm Width 52 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1100 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti was introduced in Q2/2021 at a price of 1,199 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no TUF-RTX3080TI-12G-GAMING
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2021
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,199 $ (Reference)
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)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X
66 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X
76 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X
112 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)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X
79 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X
130 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 Founders Edition MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR5X
40 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X
112 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR5X
75 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X
189 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
8 GB GDDR5X
106 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X
204 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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