MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X
vs
Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X and the Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

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

Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR, which has 4864 shaders and 38 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X GPU Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR
TU104 GPU Chip GA104-202-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 X has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V 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 X clocks in the base with up to 1.515 GHz. The base frequency of the Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V is 1.410 GHz.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.860 GHz Boost Clock 1.665 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X is 245 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V has a TDP of 200 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

245 W TDP 200 W
285 W TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
1 x 120 mm Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
35 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
45 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 Sea Hawk X.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V 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 Sea Hawk X supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
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 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X is 268 mm long, 114 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V is 317 mm long, 135 mm high and 53 mm wide.

268 mm Length 317 mm
114 mm Height 135 mm
41 mm Width 53 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1370 g Weight 1040 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X was released in Q3/2018 at a price of 849 $.

The Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NB EX LHR-V was introduced in Q4/2021 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q3/2018 Release date Q4/2021
849 $ Launch Price 399 $ (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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