NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 2080 Ti sales 27 August 2018 at a recommended price of $999 . This is a high-end Turing architecture desktop card based on 12 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 11 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14 GHz are supplied, and together with 352 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 616.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. Two 8-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 270 Watt.

It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at 56.21% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 2080 Ti: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking34
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Value for money43.71
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)
GPU code nameTuring TU102
Market segmentDesktop
Release date27 August 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$999
Current price$297 (0.3x MSRP)of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores4352of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed1350 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed1545 MHzof 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors18,600 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology12 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)270 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate420.2of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 2080 Ti: 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 typeGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount11 GBof 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width352 Bitof 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)
Memory clock speed14000 MHzof 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth616.0 GB/sof 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI+
G-SYNC support+

Technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. 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 Ti, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.5
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL2.0
Vulkan1.2.131
CUDA7.5

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. 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.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of 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: 25%

RTX 2080 Ti 21790

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: 17%

RTX 2080 Ti 83556

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: 17%

RTX 2080 Ti 47166

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 made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 2080 Ti 20210

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: 14%

RTX 2080 Ti 165122

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

RTX 2080 Ti 138598

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 Ti 521458

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

RTX 2080 Ti 133178

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

RTX 2080 Ti 165093

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 Ti 181

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 Ti 79

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 Ti 12

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 Ti 121

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 Ti 63

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 medical-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 Ti 51

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 Ti 179

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 Ti 17

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2080 Ti 179

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2080 Ti 181

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2080 Ti 121

SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2080 Ti 79

SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2080 Ti 12

SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2080 Ti 63

SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2080 Ti 51

SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2080 Ti 16.7

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 2080 Ti 272

SPECviewperf 12 - 3ds Max

This part of SPECviewperf 12 benchmark emulates work with 3DS Max, executing eleven tests in various use scenarios, including architectural modeling and animation for computer games.

Benchmark coverage: 1%

RTX 2080 Ti 272

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 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 HD165
1440p120
4K90

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 100−110

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 125
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 107
Battlefield 5 170
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 150−160
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
Far Cry 5 136
Far Cry New Dawn 110
Forza Horizon 4 182
Hitman 3 171
Horizon Zero Dawn 146
Red Dead Redemption 2 119
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 144
Watch Dogs: Legion 111

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 108
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 91
Battlefield 5 164
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 81
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
Far Cry 5 130
Far Cry New Dawn 106
Forza Horizon 4 181
Hitman 3 163
Horizon Zero Dawn 124
Metro Exodus 107
Red Dead Redemption 2 90
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 139
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 247
Watch Dogs: Legion 99

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 82
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80
Battlefield 5 159
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
Far Cry 5 122
Far Cry New Dawn 96
Forza Horizon 4 168
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 135
Watch Dogs: Legion 90

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 127
Hitman 3 147
Horizon Zero Dawn 94
Metro Exodus 76
Red Dead Redemption 2 63
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 72
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 67
Battlefield 5 134
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
Far Cry 5 117
Far Cry New Dawn 98
Forza Horizon 4 147
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90−95
Watch Dogs: Legion 73

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 77
Hitman 3 85
Horizon Zero Dawn 54
Metro Exodus 51
Red Dead Redemption 2 42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 61
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 98

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 46
Battlefield 5 86
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
Far Cry 5 78
Far Cry New Dawn 77
Forza Horizon 4 107
Watch Dogs: Legion 44

Relative perfomance

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.


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AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is Radeon RX 6800, which is faster by 2% and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.

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Similar GPUs

Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

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Recommended processors

These processors are most commonly used with GeForce RTX 2080 Ti according to our statistics.

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