RTX 2070 Mobile Refresh vs RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

General info

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

Place in performance ranking130not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money44.06no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameN18E-G3TU106B
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2 April 2020 (3 years old)19 January 2020 (4 years old)
Current price$812 no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores30722304
Core clock speed975 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1230 MHz1485 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate207.4213.8

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile Refresh 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed11000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth352.0 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
G-SYNC support+no data

Technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1401.2.140
CUDA7.57.5

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 2 April 2020 19 January 2020
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 115 Watt

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
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