Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
Gigabyte
96 Overall Score
vs
MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8GB GDDR6
MSI
42 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
85 out of 100 high confidence 53 reviews
The Gigabyte RTX 5080 WINDFORCE is widely praised for its excellent cooling, quiet operation, and strong 4K gaming performance. Many users highlight its compact size ideal for small form factor builds and the value at MSRP. A few note minor coil whine and some quality control concerns, but overall sentiment is very positive.
Pros
- Excellent cooling performance
- Quiet operation
- Strong 4K gaming performance
- Compact size for SFF builds
- Good value at MSRP
Cons
- Minor coil whine on some units
- Quality control issues reported
- High price above MSRP
- Modest generational performance uplift
- Large size for some cases
Cooling performance 18
Noise level 14
Gaming performance 12
Size and form factor 10
Value for money 8
Coil whine 5
MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8GB GDDR6
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Content Creation
Gaming 4k
Ray Tracing
Gaming 1440p
Gaming 1080p
Budget
Workstation
Ai Llm
Specifications
| Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE | MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 6600 |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Blackwell | RDNA 2 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5★ | — |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 16 GB★ | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7★ | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | ||
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | 84★ | — |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | 56.279998779296875★ | — |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 56.279998779296875★ | — |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 360 | 132★ |
| Recommended PSU | 850 | 500★ |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 16-Pin | 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 3★ | 2 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 3 | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 304 | 238★ |
| Slot Width | 2.5 | 2★ |
| Form Factor | ATX | — |
| Weight | 0.56 kg | 0.34 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | DLSS 4 | FSR |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | ✗ |
| VR Ready | ✓ | ✓ |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| RGB | ✗ | ✗ |
Pros & Cons
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
- Strong compute (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong raster (95th percentile)95th %ile
MSI Radeon RX 6600 ARMOR 8GB GDDR6
- Strong efficiency (72nd percentile)
- Strong feature (67th percentile)
- Below average compute (24th percentile)
- Below average ai (26th percentile)
- Below average vram (31st percentile)
- Below average social proof (34th percentile)
Verdict
Winner: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE
Scores 96 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 17 of 39 specs.