MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z has 4352 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.77 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 15.41 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X has 4352 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.76 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 15.28 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 68 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 68 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
TU102 GPU Chip TU102
Turing Architecture Turing
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
4352 Shader 4352
88 Render Output Units 88
272 Texture Units 272
68 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z is equipped with a 11 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X has a 11 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

11 GB Memory Size 11 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 616 GB/s
352 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z has a turbo clock of 1.770 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 15 %. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X is 1.755 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 14 %.

1.350 GHz Base Clock 1.350 GHz
1.770 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 15 % Boost Clock 1.755 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 14 %
1.55 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.55 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z has 3 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 89 °C.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 89 °C.

350 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 40 % TDP 300 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 20 %
380 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 19 % TDP (up) 350 WDeviation vs GPU group+ 9 %
89 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X is cooled by a AIO water cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial-Radial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 120 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 1 x 65 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type AIO water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
43-44 dB Noise (Load) 45 dB

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z is 63 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X is 63 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

328 mm Length 268 mm
143 mm Height 114 mm
63 mm Width 41 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1852 g Weight 1420 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z was released in Q3/2018.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X published in Q3/2018 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2018 Release date Q3/2018
1,649 $ Launch Price 1,699 $
12 nm Structure size 12 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z
11 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X
11 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z
11 GB GDDR6
70 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X
11 GB GDDR6
69 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z
11 GB GDDR6
97 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X
11 GB GDDR6
97 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z
11 GB GDDR6
92 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X
11 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z
11 GB GDDR6
164 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X
11 GB GDDR6
162 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z
11 GB GDDR6
223 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X
11 GB GDDR6
222 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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