GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh vs RTX 2080

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	96	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	19.62	no data
Power efficiency	16.03	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	TU104	TU106B
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	20 September 2018 (7 years ago)	16 June 2020 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2944	2304
Core clock speed	1515 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	1125 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	215 Watt	115 Watt
Texture fill rate	314.6	162.0
Floating-point processing power	10.07 TFLOPS	5.184 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	64
TMUs	184	144
Tensor Cores	368	288
Ray Tracing Cores	46	36
L1 Cache	2.9 MB	2.3 MB
L2 Cache	4 MB	4 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	352.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

+

no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.8	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.2
CUDA	7.5	7.5
DLSS	+	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 September 2018	16 June 2020
Power consumption (TDP)	215 Watt	115 Watt