GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh vs GTX 1080 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking70not rated
Place by popularity41not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation20.88no data
Power efficiency13.22no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP102TU106B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date10 March 2017 (7 years ago)16 June 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

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 cores35842304
Core clock speed1481 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHz1125 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt115 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature91 °Cno data
Texture fill rate354.4162.0
Floating-point processing power11.34 TFLOPS5.184 TFLOPS
ROPs8864
TMUs224144
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount11 GB8 GB
Memory bus width352 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth484.4 GB/s352.0 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 DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost3.0no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2
CUDA+7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 March 2017 16 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount 11 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 115 Watt

GTX 1080 Ti has a 37.5% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 117.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh is a notebook one.


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