GeForce RTX 2080 vs GTX 950 LP

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated67
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data27.27
Power efficiencyno data15.54
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGM206TU104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 March 2016 (8 years ago)20 September 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 $699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores7682944
Core clock speed1024 MHz1515 MHz
Boost clock speed1188 MHz1710 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt215 Watt
Texture fill rate57.02314.6
Floating-point processing powerno data10.07 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs48184
Tensor Coresno data368
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length202 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed6612 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth105.8 GB/s448.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x 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 Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.012 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA5.27.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2016 20 September 2018
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 215 Watt

GTX 950 LP has 186.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 2080, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 950 LP and GeForce RTX 2080. We've got no test results to judge.


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