NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Better figure, where one is clearly better
| NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2060 | NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4080 SUPER | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | January 2019 | January 2024 |
| Performance | ||
| Chip maker | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Turing | Ada Lovelace |
| Shader cores | 1,920 or 2,176 | 10,240 |
| Boost clock | 1,680 MHz or 1,650 MHz | 2,550 MHz |
| Architecture | NVIDIA reference GPU specifications; photo shows PNY's stock-clock 6 GB Blower partner card, whose cooler, dimensions and display connectors differ from the Founders Edition. The later 12 GB card has 2,176 CUDA cores rather than 1,920. | – |
| Ray tracing | First-generation RT Cores; NVIDIA's original launch specification lists 30 RT Cores and 5 Giga Rays/s for 6 GB | Third-generation RT Cores; 121 RT TFLOPS |
| AI cores | Second-generation Tensor Cores; 240 on the original 6 GB model according to NVIDIA's launch specification | Fourth-generation Tensor Cores; 836 AI TOPS |
| Upscaling and frame generation | NVIDIA DLSS 2.0 upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation | DLSS 3.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction and Frame Generation |
| Base clock | 1,365 MHz base and 1,680 MHz boost (6 GB); 1,470 MHz base and 1,650 MHz boost (12 GB) | 2.29 GHz |
| Cache | – | 64 MB L2 |
| Memory | ||
| Video memory | 6 GB GDDR6 or 12 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6X |
| Memory bus | 192-bit | 256-bit (better) |
| Memory bandwidth | 336 GB/s | 736 GB/s (better) |
| Memory detail | 14 Gbps GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 336 GB/s bandwidth on both revisions | GDDR6X at 23 Gbps |
| Connections and power | ||
| Board power | 160 W or 185 W | 320 W |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 | PCIe 4.0 |
| Display outputs | Original 6 GB NVIDIA page lists DisplayPort 1.4a, HDMI 2.0b, USB-C/VirtualLink and DVI-DL. The 12 GB regional table lists DisplayPort, HDMI and DVI-DL without USB-C; the current combined comparison table also omits USB-C. Up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2. Partner connectors vary. | 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1a; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3 |
| Maximum resolution | 7680 × 4320; original specification states 4K 144 Hz or 8K 60 Hz over DisplayPort with DSC | 4K at 240 Hz or 8K at 60 Hz with DSC, HDR |
| Power connector | 1 × PCIe 8-pin for both reference specifications | 1 × 450 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 3 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box |
| Recommended power supply | 500 W (6 GB); 550 W (12 GB); NVIDIA reference power specifications | 750 W |
| Slot width | 2-slot (original 6 GB Founders Edition); 12 GB partner cards vary | 3-slot (Founders Edition) |
| Size (reference card) | 228.60 × 112.6 mm, 2-slot (original 6 GB Founders Edition). NVIDIA's regional table repeats these dimensions for 12 GB, but no separate 12 GB Founders Edition design was verified. | 304 × 137 mm, 3-slot (Founders Edition) |
| Video encode and decode | Seventh-generation NVENC, fourth-generation NVDEC (NVIDIA comparison table); no hardware AV1 encode | 2 × eighth-generation NVENC, 1 × fifth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode |
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