NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

nvidia

Brand

4GB GDDR5

Memory

1664

Cores

224.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 970

N/A Sep 2014 View Details

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nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

3072

Cores

495.9 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

$299.99 Jul 2019 View Details

$299.99

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

4GB GDDR5 148W N/A Sep 2014

GeForce GTX 970

$329 • Sep 2014

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

$699 • Jul 2019

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

8GB GDDR6 250W $299.99 Jul 2019

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
Memory Size	4 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6
TDP	148 W	250 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1178 MHz	1815 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	224.4 GB/s	495.9 GB/s
Process Size	28nm	12nm
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Turing
Shading Units	1664	3072
RT Cores	N/A	48
TMUs	104	192
ROPs	56	64
Memory Bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1753 MHz	1937 MHz
Pixel Rate	65.97 GPixel/s	116.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	224.4 GTexel/s	495.9 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	3.92 GFLOPS	11.15 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	2.00 MB	4.00 MB
Die Size	398 mm²	545 mm²
Transistors	5200 Million	13600 Million
Required PSU	300 W	600 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

11524 (+222%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

28989

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

122905 (+324%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

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

130.7 FPS (+179%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

9637

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

19525 (+103%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Game Benchmarks Comparison (18 benchmarks)

Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince

7 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie • Frozenbyte

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+245%)

AVG 207 FPS

MIN 180 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+253%)

AVG 134 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+289%)

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

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Chernobylite Complete Edition

8 2019 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation • The Farm 51

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+195%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+227%)

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+389%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 33 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 SUPER (+222%)

AVG 161 FPS

MIN 116 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+197%)

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+233%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Winner

Loser

Gears 5

7.7 2019 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+168%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+172%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+178%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts

7 2019 • Action • Underdog Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+192%)

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+197%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+206%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Outer Worlds

7.1 2020 • RPG • Obsidian Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+185%)

AVG 134 FPS

MIN 116 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+188%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+194%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce GTX 970

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Wins!

Based on 18 benchmarks across 6 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 970

+209.8%

100

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER