MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0), we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, which has 1920 shaders and 15 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
GP102-350-K1-A1 GPU Chip GP104-200-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 15
3584 Shader 1920
88 Render Output Units 64
224 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X has 11 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 489 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

11 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5
1.391 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
11.1 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
489 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
352 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X clocks in the base with up to 1.480 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) is 1.506 GHz.

1.480 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.683 GHz Boost Clock 1.721 GHz
1.66 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.68 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) has a TDP of 150 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 150 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X has a total of 0 -- fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
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 Ti SEA HAWK EK X.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light 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 Ti SEA HAWK EK X is 277 mm long, 170 mm high and 22 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) is 280 mm long, 131 mm high and 37 mm wide.

277 mm Length 280 mm
170 mm Height 131 mm
22 mm Width 37 mm
1 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1312 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X was released in Q1/2017 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 WINDFORCE 8G (rev. 2.0) was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no GV-N1070WF2-8GD
Q1/2017 Release date Q2/2016
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 379 $ (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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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