Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward Blower 8GB | GeForce GTX 1080 Ti |
| Hitman 3 | 24% | 22% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 42% | 40% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 47% | 45% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 42% | 40% |
| FIFA 21 | 71% | 70% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 18% | 15% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 49% | 47% |
| Genshin Impact | 42% | 40% |
| Far Cry 6 | 16% | 13% |
| The Medium | 28% | 25% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward Blower 8GB are marginally better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti.
The RTX 2080 has a 35 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 1080 Ti, but the GTX 1080 Ti has 40 more Texture Mapping Units than the RTX 2080. As a result, the GTX 1080 Ti exhibits a 52.7 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the RTX 2080. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The RTX 2080 has a 35 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 1080 Ti, but the GTX 1080 Ti has 24 more Render Output Units than the RTX 2080. As a result, the GTX 1080 Ti exhibits a 33.2 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the RTX 2080. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The RTX 2080 was released over a year more recently than the GTX 1080 Ti, and so the RTX 2080 is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the GTX 1080 Ti.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The GTX 1080 Ti has 3072 MB more video memory than the RTX 2080, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the GTX 1080 Ti also has superior memory performance overall.
The GTX 1080 Ti has 36.4 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the RTX 2080, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 1080 Ti is noticeably better than the RTX 2080.
The GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward Blower 8GB has 2944 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti has 3584. However, the actual shader performance of the RTX 2080 is 5034 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 1080 Ti is 7654. The GTX 1080 Ti having 2620 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GTX 1080 Ti delivers a significantly smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the RTX 2080.
The RTX 2080 transistor size technology is 4 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GTX 1080 Ti. This means that the RTX 2080 is expected to run very slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GTX 1080 Ti.
The GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward Blower 8GB requires 215 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti requires 220 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 650 Watts for the RTX 2080 and a PSU with at least 600 Watts for the GTX 1080 Ti. The GTX 1080 Ti requires 5 Watts more than the RTX 2080 to run. The difference is not significant enough for the GTX 1080 Ti to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the RTX 2080.
| Core Speed | 1515 MHz |  | vs | 1480 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1710 MHz | | vs | 1582 MHz | |
| Architecture | Turing TU104-400A-A1 | Pascal P102 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs |
| None | |
| Driver Support | - | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 20 Sep 2018 | | vs | 05 Mar 2017 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
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| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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10
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| 2560x1440 | 10
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10
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| 3840x2160 | 8
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vs | 7.9
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| Memory | 8192 MB | vs | | 11264 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz | | vs | 1376 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 256 Bit | vs | | 352 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | | vs | GDDR5X | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 448GB/sec | vs | | 484.4GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | vs | |
3072 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | yes | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 2944 | vs | | 3584 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 12nm | | vs | 16nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 184 | vs | | 224 | |
| Texture Rate | 278.8 GTexel/s | vs | | 331.5 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 64 | vs | | 88 | |
| Pixel Rate | 97 GPixel/s | vs | | 130.2 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | | 7680x4320 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | | 2 | |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 3 | | vs | | 3 |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 215 Watts | | vs | 220 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 650 Watts | vs | | 600 Watts & 42 Amps | |
| DirectX | 12.1 | | vs | | 12.1 |
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| Shader Model | 6.1 | | vs | 5.0 | |
| Open GL | 4.6 | | vs | 4.5 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | | yes | |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i7-8700K 6-Core 3.7GHz | | vs | Intel Core i7-6900K 8-Core 3.2GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | | vs | | 16 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 3840x2160 | | vs | | 3840x2160 |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview The GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward Blower 8GB is a High-End Graphics Card based on the Turing Architecture and is suitable for 1440p or 4K gaming. This is a dual-slot graphics card with a basic blower fan design. This video card has poor overclocking potential. Architecture It equips a Turing GPU Codenamed TU104. More specifically, it uses the TU104-400-A1 variant which means factor overclocks are not permitted. This is a First Gen Turing GPU and has 20 SM activated, offering 2944 Shader Processing Units, 184 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The Turing architecture provides the world's first consumer support for real-time ray-tracing (RTX) technology. It also has 368 Tensor Cores for AI purposes. GPU The central unit runs at 1515MHz and goes up to 1710MHz in Turbo Mode, the same as the reference specs and 5% slower clock speeds than the Founders Edition. Memory The GPU accesses an 8GB frame buffer of Second Gen GDDR6 through a 256-bit memory interface, while the Memory Clock Operates at 1750MHz, or 14GHz effective. Total memory bandwidth is 448 Gb/s. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 215W, it requires at least a 650W PSU with available 8-pin + 6-pin power connector. Performance The performance of the GeForce RTX 2080 is slightly faster than the GTX 1080 Ti, making it a suitable graphics card for 4K gaming. System Suggestions GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward Phoenix 8GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840x2160. We recommend a High-End Processor and 16GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | Overview GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the top 1000 Series graphics card and considered an Enthusiast graphics card based on the Pascal architecture. Architecture The Pascal architecture aims for twice as much Performance as the Maxwell Architecture and introduces support for second gen HBM. GPU It equips a GPU Codenamed P102-300-A1 which has 3584 Shader Processing Units, 224 TMUs and 88 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1480MHz and goes up to 1584MHz, in Boost mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 11.2GB frame buffer of second gen GDDR5X memory, through a 352-bit memory interface, while the Memory clock operates at 1376MHz. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 220W, it requires at least a 600W PSU with 2 power connectors, a 6-pin and an 8-pin connector. System Suggestions GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840x2160. We recommend a High-End Processor and 16GB of RAM for optimal performance. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | - | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||