GeForce RTX 2070 and GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 2070
GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Turing TU106
GN20-E7 GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
August 2018
January 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1620 MHz
1245 MHz
Core clock speed
1410 MHz
780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
10,800 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
6144
Power consumption (TDP)
175 Watt
80 Watt
Texture fill rate
233.3
239.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
320.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2
VR Ready
+
-