PNY RTX A2000 12GB
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The PNY RTX A2000 12GB is based on the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Pascal) and has 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 489 GB/s.

GPU

The PNY RTX A2000 12GB has the GA106 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X is based on the graphics chip GP102-350-K1-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
PNY RTX A2000 12GB GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X
NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GA106 GPU Chip GP102-350-K1-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
26 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
3328 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 88
104 Texture Units 224
26 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the PNY RTX A2000 12GB clocks at 1.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 12.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X is 11.1 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.391 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.391 GHz
12.0 Gbps Memory Speed 11.1 Gbps
288 GB/s Memory bandwidth 489 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

0.562 GHz Base Clock 1.480 GHz
1.200 GHz Boost Clock 1.683 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.66 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The PNY RTX A2000 12GB is powered by connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 70 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

70 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The PNY RTX A2000 12GB is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type --
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Water cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 0 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the PNY RTX A2000 12GB.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
-- HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
4x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the PNY RTX A2000 12GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The PNY RTX A2000 12GB is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X needs the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

168 mm Length 277 mm
69 mm Height 170 mm
-- Width 22 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 1 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1312 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The PNY RTX A2000 12GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q4/2021.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X came on the market in Q1/2017 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

VCNRTXA200012GB-PB Part-no --
Q4/2021 Release date Q1/2017
449 $ Launch Price 699 $ (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)

PNY RTX A2000 12GB PNY RTX A2000 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
3419

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

PNY RTX A2000 12GB PNY RTX A2000 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
1437

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 GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X
11 GB GDDR5X
60 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X
11 GB GDDR5X
111 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SEA HAWK EK X
11 GB GDDR5X
155 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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