MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G and the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and has 5888 texture shaders and 46 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, which has 4352 shaders and 68 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
GA104-300-A1 GPU Chip TU102
Ampere Architecture Turing
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 68
5888 Shader 4352
96 Render Output Units 88
184 Texture Units 272
46 Raytracing Cores 68

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning can access 11 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 616 GB/s.

8 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
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 616 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.500 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning is 1.350 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.350 GHz
1.725 GHz Boost Clock 1.575 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.55 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G is 220 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning has a TDP of 350 W and is supplied with the required energy via 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

220 W TDP 350 W
250 W TDP (up) 380 W
93 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
41 dB Noise (Load) 43 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 3070 Twin Fan 8G.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning 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 v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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 3070 Twin Fan 8G is 230 mm long, 115 mm high and 43 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning is 328 mm long, 143 mm high and 63 mm wide.

230 mm Length 328 mm
115 mm Height 143 mm
43 mm Width 63 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
624 g Weight 1852 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 529 $.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 1,629 $.

-- Part-no --
Q4/2020 Release date Q3/2018
529 $ Launch Price 1,629 $
8 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 3070 Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
45 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning
11 GB GDDR6
49 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
54 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning
11 GB GDDR6
62 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
81 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning
11 GB GDDR6
87 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 3070 Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
22 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
98 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 3070 Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
78 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning
11 GB GDDR6
82 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
140 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning
11 GB GDDR6
146 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G
8 GB GDDR6
186 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning
11 GB GDDR6
199 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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