MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z
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MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z Benchmark and Specs

Here you will find all technical data as well as various benchmarks of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z. Up to 4 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 can be operated with this graphics card. The maximum turbo clock of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z is 1.770 GHz, so the graphics card achieves an FP32 computing power of 15.41 TFLOPS.
FP32
15.41TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.77GHz
Memory
11GB GDDR6
TDP
350 W

Technical details

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z is equipped with 68 execution and 4352 shader units. With single precision, a theoretical FP32 computing power of 15.41 TFLOPS is achieved.

GPU Chip
TU102 (Turing)
Streaming Multiprocessors
68
Shader
4352
Render Output Units
88
Texture Units
272
Raytracing Cores
68

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z has a 352 bit wide memory interface, with which a memory bandwidth of 616 GB/s is achieved. In total, 11 GB GDDR6 graphics memory is available for the graphics card.

Memory Size
11 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
616 GB/s
Memory Interface
352 bit

Clock Speeds

The manufacturer specifies the memory clock of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z with 1.350 GHz (base clock) or with 1.770 GHz (turbo clock). If overclocking is supported (see below), the clock rate can be increased even further.

Base Clock
1.350 GHz
Boost Clock
1.770 GHz+15 %
Avg (Game) Clock
1.545 GHz
Overclocking
Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z has 3 x 8-Pin plugs, which supply the graphics card with energy. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 89 °C.

TDP
350 W+40 %
TDP (up)
380 W+19 %
Tjunction max
89 °C
PCIe-Power
3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z is equipped with 3 Axial main fans, which are used to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
Fan 2
1 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB / Silent
Noise (Load)
43-44 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z, whereby the backward-compatible HDCP copy protection is supported in the 2.2 version.

Max. Displays
4
HDCP
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels and the DirectX standard version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

Supported Video Codecs

Here is a list of which video codecs can be decoded / encoded by the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z in hardware in order to minimize the processor load.

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

Dimensions

The dimensions of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z are 328 mm in length, 143 mm in height and 63 mm in width. Thus 3 PCIe-Slots are needed in a case.

Length
328 mm
Height
143 mm
Width
63 mm
Width (Slots)
3 PCIe-Slots
Weight
1852 g
SFF-Ready
No

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z is manufactured in a structure width of 12 nm and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes interface. The graphics card was released in Q3/2018.

GPU Interface
PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release date
Q3/2018
Launch Price
1,649 $
Structure size
12 nm
Documents
data sheet
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z
1.350 GHz · 11 GB · 350 W TDP
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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 Rank 1,689 / 5,633

  1. MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning ZMSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z11 GB GDDR6
    7,380
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiAverage of gpu group
    7,132

Port Royal (Raytracing) Rank 1,575 / 4,176

  1. MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning ZMSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z11 GB GDDR6
    9,670
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiAverage of gpu group
    9,344

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) Rank 1,853 / 3,536

  1. MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning ZMSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z11 GB GDDR6
    3,258
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiAverage of gpu group
    3,149

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) Rank 1,063 / 3,187

  1. MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning ZMSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z11 GB GDDR6
    55 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiAverage of gpu group
    50 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 1,293 / 3,190

  1. MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning ZMSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z11 GB GDDR6
    70 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiAverage of gpu group
    62 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 1,420 / 3,222

  1. MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning ZMSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z11 GB GDDR6
    97 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiAverage of gpu group
    86 fps (avg)

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) Rank 1,171 / 4,595

  1. MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning ZMSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z11 GB GDDR6
    92 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiAverage of gpu group
    81 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 1,165 / 4,594

  1. MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning ZMSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z11 GB GDDR6
    164 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiAverage of gpu group
    138 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 17 / 4,601

  1. MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning ZMSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z11 GB GDDR6
    223 fps (avg)
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiAverage of gpu group
    190 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 Rank 1,173 / 5,255

  1. MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning ZMSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z11 GB GDDR6
    162,655
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiAverage of gpu group
    145,329

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 1,115 / 5,233

  1. MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning ZMSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z11 GB GDDR6
    152,168
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiAverage of gpu group
    128,744

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