MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Suprim 10GB GDDR6X
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
What Buyers Say
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Suprim 10GB GDDR6X
The RTX 3080 receives mixed reviews. While some users praise its performance and cooling, others report severe issues like crashes, driver instability, and tampered packaging. Price gouging and supply problems are major complaints, but when it works, the card delivers excellent 1440p gaming and is considered a worthwhile upgrade from older GPUs.
Pros
- Excellent 1440p gaming performance
- Stays cool and quiet
- Solid metal backplate build
- Great upgrade from older GPUs
- Worth the money when working
Cons
- Frequent crashes and driver instability
- Tampered packaging and missing parts
- Price gouging and scalping issues
- High power consumption at idle
- Difficult customer support experience
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
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
Scores
Specifications
| MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Suprim | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 3080 | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Brand | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ampere | Blackwell |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 8 | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 10 GB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR7★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | ||
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 48 | 84★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | 30.639999389648438 | 56.279998779296875★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 30.639999389648438 | 56.279998779296875★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 370 | 360★ |
| Recommended PSU | 850 | 850 |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | 1 x 16-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 | 3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3 | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 336 | 304★ |
| Slot Width | 2.4000000953674316★ | 2.5 |
| Form Factor | — | ATX |
| Weight | 3.17 kg | 0.56 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | DLSS | DLSS 4 |
| AV1 Encode | ✓ | ✓ |
| VR Ready | ✓ | ✓ |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| RGB | ✓★ | ✗ |
Pros & Cons
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Suprim 10GB GDDR6X
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong compute (77th percentile)
- Strong thermal (73rd percentile)
- Strong social proof (71st percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (12th percentile)12th %ile
- Below average efficiency (26th percentile)
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong rt (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong raster (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Below average affordability (12th percentile)12th %ile
Pricing
Verdict
Scores 97 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 16 of 38 specs.
