MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
vs
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G and the PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.

PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G GPU PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GA106-150-A1 GPU Chip GP102-350-K1-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2560 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 88
80 Texture Units 224
20 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower can access 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.376 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 11.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 484 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.552 GHz. The base frequency of the PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower is 1.480 GHz.

1.552 GHz Base Clock 1.480 GHz
1.845 GHz Boost Clock 1.582 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G is 130 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

130 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 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 3050 GAMING X 8G.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G is 278 mm long, 130 mm high and 49 mm wide.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.

278 mm Length 267 mm
130 mm Height 111 mm
49 mm Width 38 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
939 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G was released in Q1/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

The PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower was introduced in Q1/2017 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no VCGGTX1080T11-CG2
Q1/2022 Release date Q1/2017
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 16 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
26 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
43 fps (avg)

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 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
5 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
46 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 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower
11 GB GDDR5X
56 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower
11 GB GDDR5X
104 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
103 fps (avg)
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Blower
11 GB GDDR5X
146 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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