MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G LHR
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G LHR and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G LHR is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 LHR and has 5888 texture shaders and 46 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G LHR GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 LHR Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GA104-302-A1 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
5888 Shader 2560
96 Render Output Units 64
184 Texture Units 160
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G LHR has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G LHR clocks in the base with up to 1.500 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 1.607 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.725 GHz Boost Clock 1.733 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G LHR is 220 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

220 W TDP 180 W
250 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G LHR has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
36-37 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 Ventus 3X 8G LHR.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 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 Ventus 3X 8G LHR supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
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 Ventus 3X 8G LHR is 305 mm long, 121 mm high and 52 mm wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.

305 mm Length 267 mm
121 mm Height 111 mm
52 mm Width 38 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
992 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G LHR was released in Q2/2021 at a price of 649 $.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q2/2021 Release date Q2/2016
649 $ 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G LHR MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G LHR
8 GB GDDR6
78 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G LHR MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G LHR
8 GB GDDR6
140 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G LHR MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X 8G LHR
8 GB GDDR6
186 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
106 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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