Comparison of Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix video card vs MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Aero 8G video card by specifications and benchmarks. Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix runs at 1.607 GHz base clock speed and has 8 GB of GDDR5X memory, while video card MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Aero 8G runs at 1.515 GHz base clock speed and has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory. The TDP of the first video card is 180 W, and the second is 215 W. Compare the table of benchmark results to find out which graphic card is better.