MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X
vs
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X and the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which has 4864 shaders and 38 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X GPU ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
TU104 GPU Chip GA104-200-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
2944 Shader 4864
64 Render Output Units 80
184 Texture Units 152
46 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

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

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X clocks in the base with up to 1.515 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is 1.410 GHz.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.860 GHz Boost Clock 1.695 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.67 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti has a TDP of 200 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

260 W TDP 200 W
310 W TDP (up) 220 W
88 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X has a total of 0 -- fans.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 3 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) 33-35 dB

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 Sea Hawk EK X.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x 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 Sea Hawk EK X supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 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 ASUS Aura Sync

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 Sea Hawk EK X is 305 mm long, 169 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is 301 mm long, 143 mm high and 54 mm wide.

305 mm Length 301 mm
169 mm Height 143 mm
42 mm Width 54 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1365 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X was released in Q2/2019 at a price of 849 $.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 459 $.

-- Part-no TUF-RTX3060TI-8G-GAMING
Q2/2019 Release date Q4/2020
849 $ Launch Price 459 $
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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X
8 GB GDDR6
126 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB GDDR6
122 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X
8 GB GDDR6
176 fps (avg)
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB GDDR6
169 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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