MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X and the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and has 4352 texture shaders and 68 execution units.

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, which has 2944 shaders and 46 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
TU102 GPU Chip TU104
Turing Architecture Turing
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
4352 Shader 2944
88 Render Output Units 64
272 Texture Units 184
68 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X has 11 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 616 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA 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 Sea Hawk EK X clocks in the base with up to 1.350 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA is 1.515 GHz.

1.350 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
1.755 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
1.55 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.71 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X is 300 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA has a TDP of 215 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

300 W TDP 215 W
350 W TDP (up) 250 W
89 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Water cooling Cooler-Type AIO water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 35 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) 45 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 Sea Hawk EK X.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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 --
1 USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA 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 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X is 305 mm long, 169 mm high and 42 mm wide.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA is 270 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

305 mm Length 270 mm
169 mm Height 111 mm
42 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1272 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X was released in Q3/2018 at a price of 1,699 $.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA was introduced in Q1/2019 at a price of 799 $.

-- Part-no 08G-P4-2187-KR
Q3/2018 Release date Q1/2019
1,699 $ Launch Price 799 $
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 Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X
11 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X
11 GB GDDR6
69 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA
8 GB GDDR6
49 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X
11 GB GDDR6
97 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA
8 GB GDDR6
70 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 Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X
11 GB GDDR6
91 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA
8 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X
11 GB GDDR6
162 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA
8 GB GDDR6
123 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X
11 GB GDDR6
222 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA
8 GB GDDR6
172 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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