MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid Gaming


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X and the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid Gaming, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER and has 3072 texture shaders and 48 execution units.

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid Gaming is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, which has 8704 shaders and 68 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid Gaming
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
TU104 GPU Chip GA102-200-K1-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
48 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
3072 Shader 8704
64 Render Output Units 96
192 Texture Units 272
48 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 496 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid Gaming can access 10 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 10 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.938 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
15.5 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
496 GB/s Memory bandwidth 760 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 320 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X clocks in the base with up to 1.650 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid Gaming is 1.440 GHz.

1.650 GHz Base Clock 1.440 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 1.755 GHz
1.82 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid Gaming has a TDP of 320 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 320 W
280 W TDP (up) 370 W
89 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid Gaming has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 2 x 120 mm
Water cooling Cooler-Type AIO water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) 41 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 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid Gaming 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 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid Gaming 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 Addressable LED

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 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X is 307 mm long, 169 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid Gaming is 263 mm long, 112 mm high and -- wide.

307 mm Length 263 mm
169 mm Height 112 mm
42 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1401 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Sea Hawk EK X was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 929 $.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid Gaming was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 869 $.

-- Part-no 10G-P5-3888-KR
Q3/2019 Release date Q4/2020
929 $ Launch Price 869 $
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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