NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

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GeForce RTX 2080 Ti compared with GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2080 Ti	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Overview
Released
Released	September 2018	June 2021
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shader cores
Shader cores	4,352	10,240
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,545 MHz or 1,635 MHz	1,670 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	Main figures describe NVIDIA's reference specification; the Founders Edition has a factory overclock and higher power rating. The photo shows PNY's stock-clock 11 GB Blower, whose cooler differs from the Founders Edition geometry below. NVIDIA's original announcement named 20 September availability; its 27 September partner roundup confirms cards available by that date. The release month retains this shipment-date uncertainty.	NVIDIA reference specifications. The photo shows PNY's stock-clock XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan; its cooler differs from the Founders Edition geometry below.
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	Hardware-accelerated ray tracing	Second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	–	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	1350 MHz for reference and Founders Edition; boost is 1545 MHz reference or 1635 MHz Founders Edition	NVIDIA lists 1.37 GHz base and 1.67 GHz boost rounded to two decimal places; stock-clock PNY REVEL specifies 1365 MHz base and 1665 MHz boost
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	11 GB GDDR6	12 GB GDDR6X (better)
Memory bus
Memory bus	352-bit	384-bit (better)
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	616 GB/s	912 GB/s (better)
Memory detail
Memory detail	14 Gbps GDDR6; 616 GB/s bandwidth	19 Gbps GDDR6X; 912 GB/s bandwidth verified by PNY's stock-clock REVEL specification
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	250 W or 260 W	350 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	Founders Edition and PNY Blower have 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.0b and 1 × USB-C VirtualLink; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2	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; DisplayPort supports 4K 240 Hz with DSC
Power connector
Power connector	2 × PCIe 8-pin (reference and Founders Edition)	2 × PCIe 8-pin cables through the included adapter to 1 × 12-pin (Founders Edition)
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	650 W	750 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); NVIDIA does not specify reference-card geometry in its table	285 × 112 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	Turing NVENC; no hardware AV1 encoding	Seventh-generation NVENC and fifth-generation NVDEC; no hardware AV1 encoding