MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.77 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 9.06 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G has 5888 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.63 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 30.92 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip AD104-250-A1
Pascal Architecture Ada Lovelace
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
2560 Shader 5888
64 Render Output Units 64
160 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.251 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G has a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.313GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6X
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 504 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G has a turbo clock of 1.771 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G is 2.625 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.920 GHz
1.771 GHz Boost Clock 2.625 GHz
1.76 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G has 1 x 6-Pin, 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 MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G is equipped with a 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

180 W TDP 215 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

279 mm Length 338 mm
140 mm Height 141 mm
42 mm Width 52 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1100 g Weight 1214 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G was released in Q2/2016.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G published in Q2/2023 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2023
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 5 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
138 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
132 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 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
41 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
104 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
77 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
182 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
108 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
212 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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