MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio
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MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 12G LHR


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio and the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 12G LHR, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 and has 2944 texture shaders and 46 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 12G LHR is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB, which has 8960 shaders and 70 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 12G LHR
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
TU104 GPU Chip GA102
Turing Architecture Ampere
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 70
2944 Shader 8960
64 Render Output Units 112
184 Texture Units 280
46 Raytracing Cores 70

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 12G LHR can access 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 912 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio clocks in the base with up to 1.515 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 12G LHR is 1.260 GHz.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.260 GHz
1.860 GHz Boost Clock 1.755 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio is 260 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 12G LHR has a TDP of 350 W and is supplied with the required energy via 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

260 W TDP 350 W
310 W TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 12G LHR has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
34 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
44 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 2080 Gaming X Trio.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 12G LHR supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 12G LHR is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED MSI Mystic Light

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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio is 327 mm long, 140 mm high and 56 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 12G LHR is 323 mm long, 140 mm high and 56 mm wide.

327 mm Length 323 mm
140 mm Height 140 mm
56 mm Width 56 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1553 g Weight 1566 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio was released in Q3/2018 at a price of 839 $.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING TRIO PLUS 12G LHR was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

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Q3/2018 Release date Q1/2022
839 $ Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
12 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)

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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