GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs GTX 485M SLI

Place in the ranking	470	70
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	42.11
Power efficiency	6.40	15.26
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	N11E-GTX-A1	TU104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	9 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$499

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	768	2560
Core clock speed	575 MHz	1605 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1770 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	215 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	283.2
Floating-point processing power	no data	9.062 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	64
TMUs	no data	160
Tensor Cores	no data	320
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	40

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
Interface	no data	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

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2x2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	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	no data	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	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 485M SLI 9.22

RTX 2070 Super 47.24
+412%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 485M SLI 5334

RTX 2070 Super 34964
+555%

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 485M SLI 24830

RTX 2070 Super 89209
+259%

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:

900p	89 −406%	450−500 +406%
Full HD	98 −36.7%	134 +36.7%
1440p	14−16 −479%	81 +479%
4K	10−12 −430%	53 +430%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16

−571%

94
+571%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −373%	104 +373%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −577%	88 +577%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −554%	183 +554%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −526%	119 +526%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −500%	84 +500%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −610%	149 +610%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −508%	158 +508%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −354%	277 +354%
Hitman 3	18−20 −544%	116 +544%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −447%	279 +447%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −397%	144 +397%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −369%	122 +369%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −577%	203 +577%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −275%	229 +275%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −682%	172 +682%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −469%	74 +469%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −514%	172 +514%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −532%	120 +532%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −457%	78 +457%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −471%	120 +471%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −362%	120 +362%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −323%	258 +323%
Hitman 3	18−20 −528%	113 +528%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −429%	270 +429%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −397%	144 +397%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −254%	92 +254%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −560%	198 +560%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −288%	95−100 +288%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −252%	215 +252%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −195%	65 +195%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −408%	66 +408%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −379%	91 +379%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −421%	73 +421%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −295%	83 +295%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −151%	153 +151%
Hitman 3	18−20 −478%	104 +478%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −206%	156 +206%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −457%	167 +457%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −300%	100 +300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −11.5%	68 +11.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27

−338%

114
+338%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −556%	118 +556%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −514%	86 +514%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −533%	57 +533%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −960%	53 +960%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −711%	73 +711%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1075%	47 +1075%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −500%	66 +500%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −554%	255 +554%
Hitman 3	12−14 −492%	71 +492%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −521%	118 +521%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −600%	91 +600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −1018%	123 +1018%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −722%	70−75 +722%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −264%	215 +264%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

−533%

95
+533%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −588%	55 +588%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −700%	48 +700%
Hitman 3	5−6 −740%	42 +740%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −249%	129 +249%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −1014%	78 +1014%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −1033%	68 +1033%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −680%	39 +680%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −700%	32 +700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1000%	44 +1000%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2200%	23 +2200%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −600%	35 +600%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −664%	84 +664%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −1200%	65 +1200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −867%	29 +867%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

−556%

59
+556%

This is how GTX 485M SLI and RTX 2070 Super compete in popular games:

RTX 2070 Super is 406% faster in 900p
RTX 2070 Super is 37% faster in 1080p
RTX 2070 Super is 479% faster in 1440p
RTX 2070 Super is 430% faster in 4K

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2070 Super is 2200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 2070 Super surpassed GTX 485M SLI in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.22	47.24
Recency	6 January 2011	9 July 2019
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	215 Watt

GTX 485M SLI has 115% lower power consumption.

RTX 2070 Super, on the other hand, has a 412.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 485M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 485M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2070 Super is a desktop one.

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