GeForce RTX 2080 vs GTX 280M

Place in the ranking	976	64
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	27.65
Power efficiency	1.37	15.66
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	G92	TU104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	3 March 2009 (15 years ago)	20 September 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores	128	2944
Core clock speed	585 MHz	1515 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1710 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	215 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.44	314.6
Floating-point processing power	0.3745 TFLOPS	10.07 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	562	no data
ROPs	16	64
TMUs	64	184
Tensor Cores	no data	368
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	46

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-IV	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	-
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	no data

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	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 950 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	61 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
G-SYNC support	-	+
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management	8.0	no data
VR Ready	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	4.0	6.5
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 280M 1.49

RTX 2080 48.71
+3169%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 280M 575

RTX 2080 18795
+3169%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 280M 6672

RTX 2080 66631
+899%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	4−5 −3450%	142 +3450%
1440p	2−3 −4800%	98 +4800%
4K	2−3 −3600%	74 +3600%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	4.92
1440p	no data	7.13
4K	no data	9.45

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−2125%

85−90
+2125%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −1650%	105 +1650%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −3200%	132 +3200%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2125%	85−90 +2125%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −6250%	127 +6250%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −4025%	165 +4025%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −6450%	262 +6450%
Hitman 3	6−7 −2150%	135 +2150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1653%	263 +1653%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −3533%	109 +3533%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −2588%	215 +2588%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −667%	253 +667%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −2450%	153 +2450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2825%	117 +2825%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2125%	85−90 +2125%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −5000%	102 +5000%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −3050%	126 +3050%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −5975%	243 +5975%
Hitman 3	6−7 −2083%	131 +2083%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1593%	254 +1593%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −3800%	117 +3800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −2238%	180−190 +2238%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −818%	100−110 +818%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −636%	243 +636%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −1033%	68 +1033%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2150%	90 +2150%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2125%	85−90 +2125%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −3950%	81 +3950%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −3200%	132 +3200%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1817%	115 +1817%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1027%	169 +1027%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −2238%	180−190 +2238%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −864%	106 +864%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −139%	79 +139%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−3200%

99
+3200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −6050%	123 +6050%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −4300%	88 +4300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −5700%	58 +5700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	69
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −4200%	40−45 +4200%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −3400%	70 +3400%
Hitman 3	7−8 −1043%	80 +1043%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −2480%	129 +2480%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −7600%	75−80 +7600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −3314%	239 +3314%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−2275%

95
+2275%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−4900%

50
+4900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −4000%	41 +4000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −3700%	38 +3700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	38
Far Cry 5	0−1	39

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−1867%

59
+1867%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	98 +0%	98 +0%
Battlefield 5	194 +0%	194 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	83 +0%	83 +0%
Battlefield 5	182 +0%	182 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60 +0%	60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	212 +0%	212 +0%
Metro Exodus	89 +0%	89 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	66 +0%	66 +0%
Hitman 3	48 +0%	48 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	117 +0%	117 +0%
Metro Exodus	82 +0%	82 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	76 +0%	76 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	81 +0%	81 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35 +0%	35 +0%

This is how GTX 280M and RTX 2080 compete in popular games:

RTX 2080 is 3450% faster in 1080p
RTX 2080 is 4800% faster in 1440p
RTX 2080 is 3600% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2080 is 7600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 2080 is ahead in 49 tests (71%)
there's a draw in 20 tests (29%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.49	48.71
Recency	3 March 2009	20 September 2018
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	215 Watt

GTX 280M has 186.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 2080, on the other hand, has a 3169.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 441.7% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2080 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 280M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 280M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2080 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.