MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G
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MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.91 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 9.78 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.68 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.06 TFLOPS.

GPU

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

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GP102-350-K1-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2560 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 88
160 Texture Units 224
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.264 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G has a 11 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.391GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5X
1.264 GHz Memory Clock 1.391 GHz
10.1 Gbps Memory Speed 11.1 Gbps
323 GB/s Memory bandwidth 489 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G has a turbo clock of 1.911 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G is 1.683 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.480 GHz
1.911 GHz Boost Clock 1.683 GHz
1.87 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.66 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 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 GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G 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.

180 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

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

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G 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 2x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G 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 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 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

279 mm Length 290 mm
140 mm Height 140 mm
42 mm Width 51 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1112 g Weight 1257 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G published in Q1/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q1/2017
599 $ (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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
44 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G
11 GB GDDR5X
60 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
83 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G
11 GB GDDR5X
111 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
117 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G
11 GB GDDR5X
155 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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