MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 3X 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X and the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 3X 8G, 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.

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 3X 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X GPU GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 3X 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
TU102 GPU Chip TU106
Turing Architecture Turing
68 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
4352 Shader 2304
88 Render Output Units 64
272 Texture Units 144
68 Raytracing Cores 36

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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 3X 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 Sea Hawk EK X clocks in the base with up to 1.350 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 3X 8G is 1.410 GHz.

1.350 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.755 GHz Boost Clock 1.620 GHz
1.55 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 3X 8G has a TDP of 175 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

300 W TDP 175 W
350 W TDP (up) --
89 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 3X 8G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 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 Ti Sea Hawk EK X.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 3X 8G 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 --

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 3X 8G 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 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 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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 3X 8G is 280 mm long, 117 mm high and -- wide.

305 mm Length 280 mm
169 mm Height 117 mm
42 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING 3X 8G was introduced in Q2/2020 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no GV-N2070GAMING-8GD
Q3/2018 Release date Q2/2020
1,699 $ Launch Price 499 $ (Reference)
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)

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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