GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB vs RTX 2070 Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking181not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency27.29no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTU106BTU102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 January 2019 (5 years ago)12 October 2022 (2 years ago)

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 cores23044608
Core clock speed885 MHz1350 MHz
Boost clock speed1185 MHz1635 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate170.6470.9
Floating-point processing power5.46 TFLOPS15.07 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs144288
Tensor Cores288576
Ray Tracing Cores3672

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s768.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.57.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 January 2019 12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 250 Watt

RTX 2070 Max-Q has 212.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB is a desktop one.


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