MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X
vs
Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Vulcan OC-V


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.85 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 9.45 TFLOPS.

The Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Vulcan OC-V has 10496 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.79 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 37.47 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Vulcan OC-V is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 82 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X GPU Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Vulcan OC-V
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GA102-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 82
2560 Shader 10496
64 Render Output Units 112
160 Texture Units 328
0 Raytracing Cores 82

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.264 GHz clocks.

The Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Vulcan OC-V has a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.219GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 24 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6X
1.264 GHz Memory Clock 1.219 GHz
10.1 Gbps Memory Speed 19.5 Gbps
323 GB/s Memory bandwidth 936 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X has a turbo clock of 1.847 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Vulcan OC-V is 1.785 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.395 GHz
1.847 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
1.82 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X has 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 Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Vulcan OC-V is equipped with a 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

180 W TDP 390 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X are cooled with a AIO water cooling.

The Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Vulcan OC-V is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial
1 x 120 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Vulcan OC-V 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 v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Vulcan OC-V 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
No LED lighting LED iGame Energy Core

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 SEA HAWK X is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Vulcan OC-V is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

270 mm Length 323 mm
111 mm Height 158 mm
40 mm Width 60 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1249 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X was released in Q2/2016.

The Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Vulcan OC-V published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2020
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,499 $ (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)

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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X
8 GB GDDR5X
113 fps (avg)
Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Vulcan OC-V Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 Vulcan OC-V
24 GB GDDR6X
211 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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