Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
108
65
55
38
103
60
52
31
The Witcher 3
122
97
72
39
106
85
61
34
Counter-Strike 2
177
131
93
44
158
114
83
41
Far Cry 6
90
81
62
34
86
72
58
27
Hogwarts Legacy
66
54
38
20
56
49
32
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
78
70
51
32
67
61
41
27
Ghost of Tsushima
61
46
36
21
52
40
29
15
Cyberpunk 2077
66
61
34
17
58
52
31
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
105
96
65
37
91
85
59
29
Avg FPS
1080p High9786
1080p Ultra7869
1440p Ultra5650
4K Ultra3126
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
8304
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
7284
Time Spy87387592
Solar Bay3865119668
Port Royal50611668
Fire Strike2253422755
Night Raid9207382119
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
92186
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
63994
Background Blur155.7 frames/s152.4 frames/s
Face Detection93.7 frames/s71.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.81 Gpix/sec2.73 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.91 Gpix/sec4.15 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.89 Gpix/sec5.03 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.09 Gpix/sec0.32 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching381.7 Gpix/sec238.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10550.4 fps6716.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
16478
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
15576
G2D Mark856887
DirectX 11130 fps124 fps
DirectX 1261 fps54 fps
GPU Compute6758 Ops/s7632 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
104.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
89.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)504.3 fps492.8 fps
Car Chase452.3 fps442.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)394.6 fps409.2 fps
T-Rex1932.3 fps2270.6 fps
ALU 22370.8 fps2401.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2279.9 fps275.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2410.62884.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 9, 2019 May, 27, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Turing Pascal
Codename TU106 GP104
Price 399 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1470 MHz 1607 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1650 MHz 1733 MHz
Shader Units 2176 2560
TMUs 136 160
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units 34 20
Ray Tracing Cores 34 No
Tensor Cores 272 No
L1 cache 64 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 106 Gpix/sec 111 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 224 GTex/s 277 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 175 W 180 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 7 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1251 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 10000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
320.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 6.1
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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