GeForce RTX 2080 Ti: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti provides good gaming and benchmark performance at 48.43% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 5090 D.

Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 2080 Ti sales 20 September 2018 at a recommended price of $999 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Turing architecture and made with 12 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 11 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 352 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 616.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. Two 8-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 250 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 2080 Ti: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking51
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation21.48
Power efficiency15.41of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTU102
Market segmentDesktop
Release date20 September 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Detailed specifications

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 2080 Ti's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4352of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090 D)
Core clock speed1350 MHzof 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed1545 MHzof 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors18,600 millionof 153,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI300)
Manufacturing process technology12 nmof 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattof 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate420.2of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power13.45 TFLOPSof 104.8 (GeForce RTX 5090 D)
ROPs88of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs272of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores544of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores68of 170 (GeForce RTX 5090 D)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 2080 Ti: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount11 GBof 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width352 Bitof 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed1750 MHzof 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth616.0 GB/sof 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI+
G-SYNC support+

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+

API and SDK compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.5
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL2.0
Vulkan1.2.131
CUDA7.5
DLSS+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RTX 2080 Ti 48.43

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 2080 Ti 21653

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 2080 Ti 47166

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 2080 Ti 83556

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 2080 Ti 20210

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2080 Ti 165122

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

RTX 2080 Ti 137055

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2080 Ti 521458

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

RTX 2080 Ti 132930

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

RTX 2080 Ti 165093

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

RTX 2080 Ti 181

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

RTX 2080 Ti 79

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

RTX 2080 Ti 12

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

RTX 2080 Ti 121

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

RTX 2080 Ti 63

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 medical-01

RTX 2080 Ti 51

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

RTX 2080 Ti 179

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

RTX 2080 Ti 17

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

RTX 2080 Ti 179

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

RTX 2080 Ti 181

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

RTX 2080 Ti 121

SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

RTX 2080 Ti 79

SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

RTX 2080 Ti 12

SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

RTX 2080 Ti 63

SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

RTX 2080 Ti 51

SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

RTX 2080 Ti 16.7

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

RTX 2080 Ti 272

SPECviewperf 12 - 3ds Max

This part of SPECviewperf 12 benchmark emulates work with 3DS Max, executing eleven tests in various use scenarios, including architectural modeling and animation for computer games.

RTX 2080 Ti 272

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD165
1440p122
4K93

Cost per frame, $

1080p6.05
1440p8.19
4K10.74

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 160−170
Counter-Strike 2 270−280
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 160−170
Battlefield 5 170
Counter-Strike 2 270−280
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
Far Cry 5 136
Fortnite 302
Forza Horizon 4 182
Forza Horizon 5 150−160
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 201
Valorant 285

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 160−170
Battlefield 5 164
Counter-Strike 2 270−280
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
Dota 2 146
Far Cry 5 130
Fortnite 232
Forza Horizon 4 181
Forza Horizon 5 150−160
Grand Theft Auto V 134
Metro Exodus 107
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 193
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 247
Valorant 267

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 159
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
Dota 2 141
Far Cry 5 122
Forza Horizon 4 168
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 191
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 135
Valorant 259

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 216

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 140−150
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 350−400
Grand Theft Auto V 100−110
Metro Exodus 76
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
Valorant 266

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 134
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
Far Cry 5 117
Forza Horizon 4 147
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 151

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 40−45
Counter-Strike 2 65−70
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270
Grand Theft Auto V 142
Metro Exodus 51
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 98
Valorant 259

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 86
Counter-Strike 2 65−70
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
Dota 2 139
Far Cry 5 78
Forza Horizon 4 107
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 88

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 79

Closest competitors

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.


GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is Radeon RX 6800, which is faster by 2% and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.

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Similar GPUs

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Recommended processors

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