NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

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GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER compared with GeForce RTX 3070

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2080 SUPER	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3070
Overview
Released
Released	July 2019	October 2020
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shader cores
Shader cores	3,072	5,888
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,815 MHz (better)	1,730 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	NVIDIA reference specifications. The photo shows PNY's stock-clock 8 GB Blower, whose cooler differs from the Founders Edition geometry below.	GA104; 46 Streaming Multiprocessors. NVIDIA reference specifications; photo shows PNY's stock-clock UPRISING Dual Fan LHR revision, whose cooler and dimensions differ from the Founders Edition.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	–	Samsung 8 nm 8N NVIDIA custom process; 17.4 billion transistors; 392.5 mm² die
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	Hardware RT Cores	46 second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	Tensor Cores	184 third-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	NVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation	NVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1650 MHz base; 1815 MHz boost	1.50 GHz; the NVIDIA architecture whitepaper specifies 1,725 MHz boost, rounded to 1.73 GHz on the current specification page
Cache
Cache	–	4,096 KB L2
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	496 GB/s (better)	448 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	15.5 Gbps GDDR6	14 Gbps GDDR6
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	250 W	220 W (better)
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	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.	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320; DisplayPort supports 4K 144 Hz or 8K 60 Hz with DSC	7680 × 4320; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR or 8K 60 Hz HDR
Power connector
Power connector	1 × PCIe 6-pin and 1 × PCIe 8-pin (reference)	1 × PCIe 8-pin cable through the included adapter to 1 × 12-pin (Founders Edition)
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	650 W, based on NVIDIA's 3.2 GHz Intel Core i7 test system	650 W, based on NVIDIA's Intel Core i9-10900K test system
Slot width
Slot width	2-slot (Founders Edition)	2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	266.74 × 115.7 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)	242 × 112 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	Turing NVENC; no hardware AV1 encoding	Seventh-generation NVENC, fifth-generation NVDEC; hardware AV1 decode, no AV1 encode