NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

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GeForce RTX 2080 Ti compared with GeForce RTX 4070
NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2080 TiNVIDIAGeForce RTX 4070
Overview
ReleasedSeptember 2018April 2023
Performance
Chip makerNVIDIANVIDIA
ArchitectureTuringAda Lovelace
Shader cores4,3525,888
Boost clock1,545 MHz or 1,635 MHz2,475 MHz
ArchitectureMain 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.AD104 GPU; 46 SMs. NVIDIA reference specifications; photo illustrates an ASUS DUAL partner cooler without establishing its memory type or factory overclock.
Manufacturing process–TSMC 4N NVIDIA custom process; 35.8 billion transistors; 294.5 mm² die
Ray tracingHardware-accelerated ray tracing46 third-generation RT Cores; 67 RT TFLOPS
AI cores–184 fourth-generation Tensor Cores; 466 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generationNVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame GenerationDLSS 3.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction and Frame Generation
Base clock1350 MHz for reference and Founders Edition; boost is 1545 MHz reference or 1635 MHz Founders Edition1.92 GHz; stock PNY and Gainward cards confirm 2,475 MHz boost, while NVIDIA rounds it to 2.48 GHz
Cache–36 MB L2
Memory
Video memory11 GB GDDR612 GB GDDR6X or 12 GB GDDR6 (better)
Memory bus352-bit (better)192-bit
Memory bandwidth616 GB/s504 GB/s or 480 GB/s
Memory detail14 Gbps GDDR6; 616 GB/s bandwidthGDDR6X at 21 Gbps and 504 GB/s (stock PNY); later GDDR6 at 20 Gbps and 480 GB/s (stock Gainward). Both have 12 GB on a 192-bit bus
Connections and power
Board power250 W or 260 W200 W
InterfacePCIe 3.0PCIe 4.0
Display outputsFounders Edition and PNY Blower have 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.0b and 1 × USB-C VirtualLink; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.23 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1a; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution7680 × 4320; DisplayPort supports 4K 144 Hz or 8K 60 Hz with DSC4K at 240 Hz or 8K at 60 Hz with DSC, HDR
Power connector2 × PCIe 8-pin (reference and Founders Edition)1 × 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 2 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box; some partner cards use 1 × 8-pin
Recommended power supply650 W650 W
Slot width2-slot (Founders Edition)2-slot (original GDDR6X Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)266.74 × 115.7 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition); NVIDIA does not specify reference-card geometry in its table244 × 112 mm, 2-slot (original GDDR6X Founders Edition)
Video encode and decodeTuring NVENC; no hardware AV1 encoding1 × eighth-generation NVENC, 1 × fifth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode

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