NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

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GeForce RTX 2060 compared with GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2060NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Overview
ReleasedJanuary 2019January 2024
Performance
Chip makerNVIDIANVIDIA
ArchitectureTuringAda Lovelace
Shader cores1,920 or 2,17610,240
Boost clock1,680 MHz or 1,650 MHz2,550 MHz
ArchitectureNVIDIA 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 tracingFirst-generation RT Cores; NVIDIA's original launch specification lists 30 RT Cores and 5 Giga Rays/s for 6 GBThird-generation RT Cores; 121 RT TFLOPS
AI coresSecond-generation Tensor Cores; 240 on the original 6 GB model according to NVIDIA's launch specificationFourth-generation Tensor Cores; 836 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generationNVIDIA DLSS 2.0 upscaling; no DLSS Frame GenerationDLSS 3.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction and Frame Generation
Base clock1,365 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 memory6 GB GDDR6 or 12 GB GDDR616 GB GDDR6X
Memory bus192-bit256-bit (better)
Memory bandwidth336 GB/s736 GB/s (better)
Memory detail14 Gbps GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 336 GB/s bandwidth on both revisionsGDDR6X at 23 Gbps
Connections and power
Board power160 W or 185 W320 W
InterfacePCIe 3.0PCIe 4.0
Display outputsOriginal 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 resolution7680 × 4320; original specification states 4K 144 Hz or 8K 60 Hz over DisplayPort with DSC4K at 240 Hz or 8K at 60 Hz with DSC, HDR
Power connector1 × PCIe 8-pin for both reference specifications1 × 450 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 3 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box
Recommended power supply500 W (6 GB); 550 W (12 GB); NVIDIA reference power specifications750 W
Slot width2-slot (original 6 GB Founders Edition); 12 GB partner cards vary3-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 decodeSeventh-generation NVENC, fourth-generation NVDEC (NVIDIA comparison table); no hardware AV1 encode2 × eighth-generation NVENC, 1 × fifth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode

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