Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
125
80
68
50
118
73
62
42
The Witcher 3
143
118
86
47
131
108
80
43
Counter-Strike 2
207
155
118
62
198
143
105
53
Far Cry 6
110
99
79
46
103
89
73
38
Hogwarts Legacy
80
68
52
26
74
63
45
24
COD Modern Warfare 3
98
92
64
41
89
82
55
38
Ghost of Tsushima
77
61
44
27
72
55
39
22
Cyberpunk 2077
86
79
46
21
76
68
40
19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
132
119
88
48
119
112
79
41
Avg FPS
1080p High118109
1080p Ultra9788
1440p Ultra7264
4K Ultra4136
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
10851
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9689
Time Spy110839983
Solar Bay5000225927
Port Royal64582255
Fire Strike2767029332
Night Raid10044195126
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
118637
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
74966
Background Blur191.8 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection115.9 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.74 Gpix/sec3.55 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.2 Gpix/sec5.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.56 Gpix/sec5.79 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.3 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching499.7 Gpix/sec265.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15858.8 fps6315.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
18751
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18592
G2D Mark908937
DirectX 11157 fps151 fps
DirectX 1272 fps65 fps
GPU Compute8009 Ops/s9701 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
128.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)600.3 fps583.6 fps
Car Chase525.3 fps533.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)499.8 fps507.1 fps
T-Rex2729 fps2784.7 fps
ALU 23179.7 fps7894.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2283.6 fps273.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3279.33894.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 20, 2018 March, 10, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Turing Pascal
Codename TU104 GP102
Price 699 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1515 MHz 1481 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1710 MHz 1582 MHz
Shader Units 2944 3584
TMUs 184 224
ROPs 64 88
Execution Units 46 28
Ray Tracing Cores 46 No
Tensor Cores 368 No
L1 cache 64 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2816 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 109 Gpix/sec 139 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 315 GTex/s 354 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.1 TFLOPS 11.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 215 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 545 mm² 471 mm²
Transistor count 13 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 23.85 MTr/mm² 23.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1376 MHz
Bus 256 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
484.4 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 2080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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