NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory1920
Cores256.3 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1070
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2944
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8GB GDDR5 150W N/A Jun 2016
GeForce GTX 1070
$379 • Jun 2016
VS
GeForce RTX 2080
$699 • Sep 2018
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
8GB GDDR6 215W N/A Sep 2018
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 150 W | 215 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1683 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256.3 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | Turing |
| Shading Units | 1920 | 2944 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 46 |
| TMUs | 120 | 184 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2002 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 107.7 GPixel/s | 109.4 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256.3 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 6.463 GFLOPS | 10.07 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | 545 mm² |
| Transistors | 7200 Million | 13600 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
5844
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
10843 (+86%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
53429
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
118637 (+122%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
75.4 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
128.3 FPS (+70%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
13504
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
18747 (+39%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Game Benchmarks Comparison (351 benchmarks)
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+127%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+138%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
7 2026 • Action, Adventure Asobo Studio
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+88%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+88%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+63%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Sinking City 2
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+57%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+52%)
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Winner
Loser
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
8 2026 • Action, Adventure Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai
1080p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+65%)
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
1440p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+72%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
2160p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+82%)
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 11 FPS
MIN 7 FPS
Winner
Loser
007 First Light
8 2026 • Action, Adventure IO Interactive A/S
1080p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+72%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
1440p
| high
| Patch: v1.0 | Old Hardware
GeForce RTX 2080 (+81%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
8.7 2022 • Action, Adventure, Casual Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+71%)
AVG 118 FPS
MIN 107 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+78%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+78%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Wins!
Based on 351 benchmarks across 111 games
50
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
VS
+67.2%
83
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5
0
Wins
50
Avg FPS
42
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
346
Wins
83
Avg FPS
70
Min FPS
99%
Win Rate
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