Comparing GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE WB vs MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X PLUS 10G LHR

gpu GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE WB item

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 LHR
• GPU Chip
  AD103 (Ada Lovelace) GA102-202-K1-A1
• Execution units
  76 68
• Shader
  9728 8704
• Render Output Units
  96 96
• Texture Units
  304 272

• Memory Size
  16 GB 10 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6X GDDR6X
• Memory Speed
  22.4 Gbps 1.188 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  717 GB/s 760 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 320 bit

• Base Clock
  2.205 GHz 1.440 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.565 GHz+ 2 % 1.710 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

• TDP
  320 W 320 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 370 W
• Tjunction max
  90 \xc2\xb0C 93 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 16-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  -- 3 x 90 mm
• Cooler-Type
  Water cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  0 dB --

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4a

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

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  Decode Decode

• Length
  235 mm 305 mm
• Height
  169 mm 120 mm
• Width
  29 mm 57 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1370 g

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q3/2021
• Structure size
  4 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  GV-N4080AORUSX WB-16GD --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet