NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

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GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER compared with GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2060 SUPER	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Overview
Released
Released	July 2019	January 2024
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Turing	Ada Lovelace
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,176	10,240
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,650 MHz	2,550 MHz (better)
Architecture
Architecture	NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition GPU figures; the photo shows PNY's stock-clock Dual Fan partner card	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	First-generation RT Cores	Third-generation RT Cores; 121 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
AI cores	Second-generation Tensor Cores	Fourth-generation Tensor Cores; 836 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	NVIDIA DLSS super resolution; no DLSS frame generation	DLSS 3.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction and Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1,470 MHz	2.29 GHz
Cache
Cache	–	64 MB L2
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	16 GB GDDR6X (better)
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	736 GB/s (better)
Memory detail
Memory detail	PNY publishes 14 Gbps GDDR6 and 448 GB/sec bandwidth	GDDR6X at 23 Gbps
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	175 W (better)	320 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	NVIDIA's original Founders Edition manual shows 2 × DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI and USB-C; its current comparison table omits USB-C. Pictured PNY Dual Fan lists DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b and DVI-D, with no USB-C listed.	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1a; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320; NVIDIA specifies support for four displays	4K at 240 Hz or 8K at 60 Hz with DSC, HDR
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin	1 × 450 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 3 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	NVIDIA specifies 550 W; requirements depend on the system	750 W
Slot width
Slot width	Two slots for the Founders Edition and pictured PNY Dual Fan	3-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition is 228.60 × 112.6 mm; pictured PNY Dual Fan is 1.65 × 9.25 × 4.4 inches	304 × 137 mm, 3-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	Seventh-generation NVIDIA Encoder and fourth-generation Decoder; PNY specifies PCIe 3.0 x16. NVIDIA specifies no NVLink support.	2 × eighth-generation NVENC, 1 × fifth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode