NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.73 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 8.87 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio has 3072 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 11.15 TFLOPS.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 48 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GPU MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip TU104
Pascal Architecture Turing
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 48
2560 Shader 3072
64 Render Output Units 64
160 Texture Units 192
0 Raytracing Cores 48

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.251 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.938GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.938 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.5 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 496 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has a turbo clock of 1.733 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio is 1.815 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.650 GHz
1.733 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 89 °C.

180 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) 280 W
94 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 90 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 0 dB

Connectivity

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

267 mm Length 328 mm
111 mm Height 140 mm
38 mm Width 57 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1531 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 was released in Q2/2016.

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio published in Q3/2019 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q2/2016 Release date Q3/2019
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 949 $
16 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)

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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
40 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio
8 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
75 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio
8 GB GDDR6
121 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
106 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming Trio
8 GB GDDR6
166 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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