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

Price now 812$

Games supported 98%

Year of release 2020

Performance 34.96

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Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q sales 2 April 2020. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Turing architecture and made with 12 nm manufacturing process. It is 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.

It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at

34.96%

of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	104
Value for money	40.57
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	N18E-G3
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	2 April 2020 (3 years old)
Current price	$812	of 158889 (A100 PCIe)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q's specs 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 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	975 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1230 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	13,600 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	207.4	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Size and compatibility

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 have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

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 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Memory bandwidth	352.0 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
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 graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

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

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 34.96

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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.

Benchmark coverage: 24%

RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 13747

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.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 60306

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.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 29637

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 13%

RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 18579

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 127741

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 21903

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 468363

Gaming performance

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.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	111
1440p	70
4K	48

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

60−65

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65
Battlefield 5	100−110
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	95−100
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65
Far Cry 5	80−85
Far Cry New Dawn	103
Forza Horizon 4	110−120
Hitman 3	110−120
Horizon Zero Dawn	109
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65
Battlefield 5	100−110
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	95−100
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65
Far Cry 5	80−85
Far Cry New Dawn	80−85
Forza Horizon 4	110−120
Hitman 3	110−120
Horizon Zero Dawn	45
Metro Exodus	60−65
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80−85
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65
Battlefield 5	100−110
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65
Far Cry 5	80−85
Far Cry New Dawn	80−85
Forza Horizon 4	110−120
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55−60
Hitman 3	60−65
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50
Metro Exodus	51
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	32

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	53
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40
Battlefield 5	75−80
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27
Far Cry 5	77
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65
Forza Horizon 4	75−80
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35
Hitman 3	35−40
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27
Metro Exodus	32
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	32
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20−22
Battlefield 5	40−45
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14
Far Cry 5	42
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40
Forza Horizon 4	50−55
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18

Relative perfomance

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile 101.46

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q 101.06

Intel Arc A730M 100.77

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 100

AMD Radeon RX 6600M 99.2

AMD Radeon RX 6700M 97.57

NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 96.25

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q is Radeon RX 6600M, which is slower by 1% and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.