NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

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GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER compared with GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2070 SUPER	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
Overview
Released
Released	July 2019	July 2019
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Turing	Turing
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,560	3,072
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,770 MHz	1,815 MHz (better)
Architecture
Architecture	NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition GPU figures; photo shows PNY's stock-clock Dual Fan partner card	NVIDIA reference specifications. The photo shows PNY's stock-clock 8 GB Blower, whose cooler differs from the Founders Edition geometry below.
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	First-generation RT Cores	Hardware RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	Second-generation Tensor Cores	Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	NVIDIA DLSS super resolution; no DLSS frame generation	NVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	NVIDIA's current comparison rounds the base clock to 1.61 GHz; PNY publishes 1,605 MHz	1650 MHz base; 1815 MHz boost
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	496 GB/s (better)
Memory detail
Memory detail	PNY publishes 14 Gbps GDDR6 and 448 GB/sec bandwidth	15.5 Gbps GDDR6
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	215 W (better)	250 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	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.	NVIDIA lists DisplayPort 1.4a and HDMI 2.0b, up to 4 displays and HDCP 2.2. Its feature list includes USB-C while the connector table omits it; the pictured PNY Blower specifies 3 × DisplayPort 1.4 and 1 × HDMI 2.0b without USB-C. Check the board manufacturer for its connectors.
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320; NVIDIA specifies support for four displays	7680 × 4320; DisplayPort supports 4K 144 Hz or 8K 60 Hz with DSC
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin	1 × PCIe 6-pin and 1 × PCIe 8-pin (reference)
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	NVIDIA specifies 650 W; requirements depend on the system	650 W, based on NVIDIA's 3.2 GHz Intel Core i7 test system
Slot width
Slot width	Two slots for the Founders Edition and pictured PNY Dual Fan	2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition is 266.74 × 115.7 mm; pictured PNY Dual Fan is 1.57 × 9.25 × 4.41 inches	266.74 × 115.7 mm, 2-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 NVLink support.	Turing NVENC; no hardware AV1 encoding