MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X Benchmark and Specs

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X has 20 execution units with 2560 shaders. This gives the graphics card a theoretical FP32 computing power of 9.45 TFLOPS.

Based on

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

GPU Chip

GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 (Pascal)

Streaming Multiprocessors

20

Shader

2560

Render Output Units

64

Texture Units

160

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X is equipped with 8 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5X. The memory clock of the graphics card is 1.264 GHz and the speed is 10.1 Gbps.

Memory Size

8 GB

Memory Type

GDDR5X

Memory Clock

1.264 GHz

Memory Speed

10.1 Gbps

Memory bandwidth

323 GB/s

Memory Interface

256 bit

The base frequency of this graphics card is 1.607 GHz and the manufacturer specifies the maximum turbo clock as 1.847 GHz. If supported (see below), the performance can be further increased by overclocking.

Base Clock

1.607 GHz

Boost Clock

1.847 GHz+7 %

Avg (Game) Clock

1.822 GHz

Overclocking

Yes

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

TDP

180 W

Tjunction max

94 °C

PCIe-Power

1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X are cooled by a Water cooling.

Cooler-Type

Water cooling

Up to 4 monitors can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X.

Max. Displays

4

HDCP

2.2

HDMI

1x HDMI 2.0b

DisplayPort

3x DP 1.4

DVI

1

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X it is possible to operate a screen with a resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels. Furthermore, the DirectX standard version 12_1 is supported.

Max. resolution

7680x4320

DirectX

12_1

Raytracing

No

DLSS / FSR

Yes

LED

MSI Mystic Light

This area lists the video codecs that the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X can decode or encode in hardware in order to minimize the processor load, which leads to lower power consumption.

h264

Decode / Encode

h265 / HEVC

Decode / Encode

VP8

Decode

VP9

Decode

AV1

No

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X needs the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in a case. It is 278 mm long, 165 mm high and 20 mm wide.

Length

278 mm

Height

165 mm

Width

20 mm

Width (Slots)

1 PCIe-Slots

Weight

1190 g

SFF-Ready

No

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK EK X was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $. The graphics card manufactured in 16 nm is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes.

GPU Interface

PCIe 3.0 x 16

Release date

Q2/2016

Launch Price

599 $ (Reference)

Structure size

16 nm

Documents

data sheet