NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

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GeForce RTX 2080 compared with GeForce RTX 3070

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2080	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3070
Overview
Released
Released	September 2018	October 2020
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,944	5,888
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,710 MHz or 1,800 MHz	1,730 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	Main figures follow NVIDIA's reference specification. Founders Edition raises boost clock and board power. Photo shows MSI's stock-clocked RTX 2080 AERO 8G partner board, which uses a blower rather than the Founders Edition's dual axial fans.	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	Dedicated first generation RT Cores	46 second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	Dedicated Tensor Cores	184 third-generation 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	1515 MHz for both reference and Founders Edition	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	448 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	14 Gbps GDDR6	14 Gbps GDDR6
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	215 W or 225 W	220 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	Founders Edition supports DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b and USB-C/VirtualLink; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2. MSI AERO 8G has 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.0b and 1 × USB-C.	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320	7680 × 4320; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR or 8K 60 Hz HDR
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin	1 × PCIe 8-pin cable through the included adapter to 1 × 12-pin (Founders Edition)
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	650 W	650 W, based on NVIDIA's Intel Core i9-10900K test system
Slot width
Slot width	2 slots (Founders Edition)	2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	266.74 × 115.7 mm (Founders Edition); 268 × 114 × 41 mm and 879 g (pictured MSI AERO 8G partner board)	242 × 112 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	Turing NVENC encoder	Seventh-generation NVENC, fifth-generation NVDEC; hardware AV1 decode, no AV1 encode