MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G
vs
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G and the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 and has 1920 texture shaders and 30 execution units.

KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G GPU KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
TU106 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
30 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1920 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 64
120 Texture Units 160
30 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G clocks in the base with up to 1.365 GHz. The base frequency of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC is 1.657 GHz.

1.365 GHz Base Clock 1.657 GHz
1.680 GHz Boost Clock 1.797 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G is 160 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

160 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 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 RTX 2060 GAMING 6G.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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 RTX 2060 GAMING 6G is 247 mm long, 129 mm high and 52 mm wide.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC is 296 mm long, 144 mm high and 43 mm wide.

247 mm Length 296 mm
129 mm Height 144 mm
52 mm Width 43 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
957 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G was released in Q1/2019 at a price of 349 $ (Reference).

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

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Q1/2019 Release date Q2/2016
349 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
12 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)

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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G
6 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G
6 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G
6 GB GDDR6
46 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 RTX 2060 GAMING 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G
6 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
8 GB GDDR5X
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G
6 GB GDDR6
83 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
8 GB GDDR5X
78 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING 6G
6 GB GDDR6
118 fps (avg)
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 EX OC
8 GB GDDR5X
110 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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