MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GAMING TRIO 8G
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GAMING TRIO 8G and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GAMING TRIO 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and has 6144 texture shaders and 48 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GAMING TRIO 8G GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GA104-400-A1 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
48 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
6144 Shader 2560
96 Render Output Units 64
192 Texture Units 160
48 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GAMING TRIO 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 608 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 332 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5X
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.300 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.4 Gbps
608 GB/s Memory bandwidth 332 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GAMING TRIO 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.580 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is 1.759 GHz.

1.580 GHz Base Clock 1.759 GHz
1.800 GHz Boost Clock 1.936 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.90 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GAMING TRIO 8G is 310 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

310 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GAMING TRIO 8G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G has 1 Axial (Radiator) fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial (Radiator)
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 120 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type AIO water 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 3070 Ti GAMING TRIO 8G.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G 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 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GAMING TRIO 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

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 3070 Ti GAMING TRIO 8G is 323 mm long, 140 mm high and 56 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G is 264 mm long, 124 mm high and 41 mm wide.

323 mm Length 264 mm
140 mm Height 124 mm
56 mm Width 41 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1515 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GAMING TRIO 8G was released in Q2/2021 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming WATERFORCE 8G was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no GV-N1080XTREME W-8GD
Q2/2021 Release date Q2/2016
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 16 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)

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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