NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 970
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2944
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4GB GDDR5 148W N/A Sep 2014
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
VS
GeForce RTX 2080
$699 • Sep 2018
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
8GB GDDR6 215W N/A Sep 2018
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 148 W | 215 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1178 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 1664 | 2944 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 46 |
| TMUs | 104 | 184 |
| ROPs | 56 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 65.97 GPixel/s | 109.4 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 224.4 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 3.92 GFLOPS | 10.07 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | 545 mm² |
| Transistors | 5200 Million | 13600 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-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
3574
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
10843 (+203%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
28989
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
118637 (+309%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
46.8 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
128.3 FPS (+174%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
9637
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
18747 (+95%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Game Benchmarks Comparison (60 benchmarks)
Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince
7 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Frozenbyte
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 2080 (+222%)
AVG 193 FPS
MIN 167 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+229%)
AVG 125 FPS
MIN 109 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+261%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
Winner
Loser
Chernobylite Complete Edition
8 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation The Farm 51
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+176%)
AVG 113 FPS
MIN 82 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+204%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+356%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 9 FPS
MIN 4 FPS
Winner
Loser
Devil's Hunt
8.1 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie Layopi Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+200%)
AVG 150 FPS
MIN 116 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+176%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+213%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Winner
Loser
Beyond Two Souls
7 2020 • Action, Adventure Quantic Dream
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 970 (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 (+0%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 2080 (+54%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
Wolfenstein Youngblood
7.3 2019 • Action Machine Games, Arkane Studios
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 2080 (+395%)
AVG 203 FPS
MIN 157 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 2080 (+335%)
AVG 135 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 2080 (+406%)
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Sinking City
7 2021 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+182%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 116 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+169%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 2080 (+194%)
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
GeForce GTX 970
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Wins!
Based on 60 benchmarks across 20 games
34
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 970
VS
+167.4%
91
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
0
Wins
34
Avg FPS
28
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
57
Wins
91
Avg FPS
76
Min FPS
95%
Win Rate
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