NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition vs MSI GeForce RTX 3080. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition and MSI GeForce RTX 3080, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
• GPU Chip
  GA102-350-A1 (Ampere) GA102 (Ampere)
• Streaming Multiprocessors
  84 70
• Shader
  10752 8960
• Render Output Units
  112 112
• Texture Units
  336 280
• Raytracing Cores
  84 70

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  24 GB 12 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6X GDDR6X
• Memory Clock
  1.313 GHz 1.188 GHz
• Memory Speed
  21.0 Gbps 19 Gbps
• Memory bandwidth
  1008 GB/s 912 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  384 bit 384 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition and MSI GeForce RTX 3080. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.670 GHz 1.260 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.860 GHz 1.905 GHz+ 11 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  -- 1.890 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  450 W 390 W+ 11 %
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  92 °C 93 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 16-Pin 3 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition and MSI GeForce RTX 3080.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  2 x 110 mm 3 x 100 mm
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  42 dB --

Connectivity and connections.

• 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
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

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

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  313 mm 336 mm
• Height
  138 mm 140 mm
• Width
  -- 61 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1903 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3080 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2022
• Launch Price
  1,999 $ (Reference) 699 $ (Reference)
• Structure size
  8 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet