NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q: specs and benchmarks

Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q sales 2 April 2020. This is Turing architecture notebook card based on 12 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 11 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 352.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 90 Watt.

General info

Of GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q's architecture, market segment and release date.

Place in performance rating	82
Value for money	25.91
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	N18E-G3
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	2 April 2020 (2 years ago)
Price now	$812	of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

Technical specs

GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3072	of 18432 (AD102)
Core clock speed	975 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1230 MHz	of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600)
Number of transistors	13,600 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Thermal design power (TDP)	90 Watt	of 900 (Tesla S2050)
Texture fill rate	207.4	of 939.8 (H100 SXM5)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	11000 MHz	of 19500 (GeForce RTX 3090)
Memory bandwidth	352.0 GB/s	of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

Display Connectors	No outputs
G-SYNC support	+

Technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

+

API support

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.140
CUDA	7.5

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.

Game benchmarks

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

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

Full HD	111
1440p	73
4K	46

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	90
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50
Battlefield 5	139
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	124
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50
Far Cry 5	115
Far Cry New Dawn	103
Forza Horizon 4	45−50
Hitman 3	45−50
Horizon Zero Dawn	109
Red Dead Redemption 2	99
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	77
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50
Battlefield 5	127
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	101
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50
Far Cry 5	108
Far Cry New Dawn	98
Forza Horizon 4	45−50
Hitman 3	45−50
Horizon Zero Dawn	83
Metro Exodus	77
Red Dead Redemption 2	56
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	100
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	143
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	56
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50
Battlefield 5	119
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50
Far Cry 5	102
Far Cry New Dawn	90
Forza Horizon 4	45−50
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	88
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	67
Hitman 3	45−50
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50
Metro Exodus	51
Red Dead Redemption 2	36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	32

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	53
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50
Battlefield 5	96
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50
Far Cry 5	77
Far Cry New Dawn	75
Forza Horizon 4	45−50
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	37
Hitman 3	45−50
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50
Metro Exodus	32
Red Dead Redemption 2	24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	38
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	54

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	32
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50
Battlefield 5	56
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50
Far Cry 5	42
Far Cry New Dawn	46
Forza Horizon 4	45−50
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50

Relative perfomance

Overall GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.

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