MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning 10th Anniversary Edition
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MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning 10th Anniversary Edition and the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning 10th Anniversary Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and has 4352 texture shaders and 68 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which has 4864 shaders and 38 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning 10th Anniversary Edition GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
TU102 GPU Chip GA104-200-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
4352 Shader 4864
88 Render Output Units 80
272 Texture Units 152
68 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning 10th Anniversary Edition has 11 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 616 GB/s.

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

11 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
616 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
352 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning 10th Anniversary Edition clocks in the base with up to 1.350 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G is 1.410 GHz.

1.350 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.575 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
1.55 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.67 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning 10th Anniversary Edition is 350 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 3 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G has a TDP of 220 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

350 W TDP 220 W
380 W TDP (up) 230 W
89 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning 10th Anniversary Edition has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
42 dB Noise (Load) 36 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 Ti Lightning 10th Anniversary Edition.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G 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 --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning 10th Anniversary Edition supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G 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 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 Ti Lightning 10th Anniversary Edition is 328 mm long, 143 mm high and 63 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G is 278 mm long, 131 mm high and 51 mm wide.

328 mm Length 278 mm
143 mm Height 131 mm
63 mm Width 51 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1852 g Weight 1007 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning 10th Anniversary Edition was released in Q3/2018 at a price of 1,629 $.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 449 $.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2018 Release date Q4/2020
1,629 $ Launch Price 449 $
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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
18 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming 8G
8 GB GDDR6
90 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)

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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