GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB vs RTX 2080 Super

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking56not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation31.92no data
Power efficiency13.92no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU104GA102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 July 2019 (5 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $1,199

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 cores307210240
Core clock speed1650 MHz1335 MHz
Boost clock speed1815 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rate348.5532.8
Floating-point processing power11.15 TFLOPS34.1 TFLOPS
ROPs64112
TMUs192320
Tensor Cores384320
Ray Tracing Cores4880

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 4.0 x16
Length267 mm285 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 12-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount8 GB20 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1937 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth495.9 GB/s760.3 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 350 Watt

RTX 2080 Super has 40% lower power consumption.

RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB, on the other hand, has a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2080 Super and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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