GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB vs RTX 2080 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking45not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.07no data
Power efficiency15.46no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTU102TU102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 September 2018 (6 years ago)12 October 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 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 cores43524608
Core clock speed1350 MHz1350 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHz1635 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate420.2470.9
Floating-point processing power13.45 TFLOPS15.07 TFLOPS
ROPs8896
TMUs272288
Tensor Cores544576
Ray Tracing Cores6872

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 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin2x 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 amount11 GB12 GB
Memory bus width352 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth616.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C1x 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
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.57.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 September 2018 12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 11 GB 12 GB

RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 9.1% higher maximum VRAM amount.

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


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