MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC LAUNCH EDITION
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ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC LAUNCH EDITION and the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC LAUNCH EDITION is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 and has 10752 texture shaders and 84 execution units.

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, which has 10752 shaders and 84 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC LAUNCH EDITION GPU ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
GB203-400-A1 GPU Chip GB203-400-A1
Blackwell Architecture Blackwell
84 Streaming Multiprocessors 84
10752 Shader 10752
128 Render Output Units 128
336 Texture Units 336
84 Raytracing Cores 84

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC LAUNCH EDITION has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR7 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition can access 16 GB GDDR7 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR7 Memory Type GDDR7
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
30.0 Gbps Memory Speed 30.0 Gbps
960 GB/s Memory bandwidth 960 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC LAUNCH EDITION clocks in the base with up to 2.295 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition is 2.295 GHz.

2.295 GHz Base Clock 2.295 GHz
2.745 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 5 % Boost Clock 2.730 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 4 %
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC LAUNCH EDITION is 360 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 16-Pin connector.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition has a TDP of 360 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.

360 W TDP 360 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC LAUNCH EDITION has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 110 mm Fan 1 3 x 110 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 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 5080 VANGUARD SOC LAUNCH EDITION.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1b
3x DP v2.1b DP Ports 3x DP v2.1b
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC LAUNCH EDITION supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition 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 ASUS Aura Sync

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 / Encode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC LAUNCH EDITION is 357 mm long, 151 mm high and 66 mm wide.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition is 348 mm long, 146 mm high and 72 mm wide.

357 mm Length 348 mm
151 mm Height 146 mm
66 mm Width 72 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
1945 g Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC LAUNCH EDITION was released in Q1/2025 at a price of 1,169 $ (Reference).

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition was introduced in Q1/2025 at a price of 1,169 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no TUF-RTX5080-O16G-GAMING
Q1/2025 Release date Q1/2025
1,169 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,169 $ (Reference)
5 nm Structure size 5 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

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

Steel Nomad Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

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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