NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

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GeForce GTX 1080 Ti compared with GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1080 Ti	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
Overview
Released
Released	March 2017	July 2019
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Pascal	Turing
Shader cores
Shader cores	3,584	2,560
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,582 MHz	1,770 MHz (better)
Architecture
Architecture	Founders Edition specifications verified by MSI's retained technical page and datasheet; stock PNY Blower specifications verify memory bandwidth. The photo is the Founders Edition render extracted from MSI's datasheet with its original PDF transparency mask.	NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition GPU figures; photo shows PNY's stock-clock Dual Fan partner card
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated RT Cores	First-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	Second-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	No NVIDIA DLSS	NVIDIA DLSS super resolution; no DLSS frame generation
Base clock
Base clock	1480 MHz base and 1582 MHz boost (MSI Founders Edition specification)	NVIDIA's current comparison rounds the base clock to 1.61 GHz; PNY publishes 1,605 MHz
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	11 GB GDDR5X (better)	8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	352-bit (better)	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	484 GB/s (better)	448 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	11 Gbps GDDR5X (PNY stock Blower); MSI lists 11010 MHz memory speed	PNY publishes 14 Gbps GDDR6 and 448 GB/sec bandwidth
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	250 W	215 W (better)
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × HDMI 2.0b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2. MSI's datasheet connection illustration names DVI-D despite its output specification omitting it; the Founders Edition has no native DVI connector.	Pictured PNY Dual Fan has 3 × DisplayPort 1.4 and 1 × HDMI 2.0b. PCWorld's Founders Edition review also documents USB-C; NVIDIA's current comparison table lists only DisplayPort and HDMI for this model.
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320	7680 × 4320; NVIDIA specifies support for four displays
Power connector
Power connector	1 × PCIe 6-pin and 1 × PCIe 8-pin	1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	600 W	NVIDIA specifies 650 W; requirements depend on the system
Slot width
Slot width	2-slot (Founders Edition)	Two slots for the Founders Edition and pictured PNY Dual Fan
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	266 × 111 × 40 mm (MSI Founders Edition)	NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition is 266.74 × 115.7 mm; pictured PNY Dual Fan is 1.57 × 9.25 × 4.41 inches
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	–	Seventh-generation NVIDIA Encoder and fourth-generation Decoder; PNY specifies PCIe 3.0 x16. NVIDIA specifies NVLink support.