GeForce RTX 2060 TU104 vs RTX 2080 Super

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking56not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation31.94no data
Power efficiency13.92no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTU104TU104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 July 2019 (5 years ago)10 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $349

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 cores30721920
Core clock speed1650 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speed1815 MHz1680 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rate348.5201.6
Floating-point processing power11.15 TFLOPS6.451 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs192120
Tensor Cores384240
Ray Tracing Cores4830

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 mm229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 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 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1937 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth495.9 GB/s336.0 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 DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 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_1)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA7.57.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2019 10 January 2020
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 160 Watt

RTX 2080 Super has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 2060 TU104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, and 56.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2080 Super and GeForce RTX 2060 TU104. We've got no test results to judge.


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