GeForce RTX 2080 and Sandy Bridge GT2 - video card comparison

GeForce RTX 2080

Sandy Bridge GT2

Architecture

Turing (2018−2021)

Generation 6.0 (2011)

GPU code name

Turing TU104

Sandy Bridge GT2

Market segment

Desktop

Release date

August 2018

Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Boost clock speed

1710 MHz

Core clock speed

1515 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

12 nm

32 nm

Number of transistors

13,600 million

624 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

2944

Power consumption (TDP)

215 Watt

Texture fill rate

314.6

Memory type

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

8 GB

Memory bus width

256 Bit

Memory clock speed

14000 MHz

Memory bandwidth

448.0 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

HDMI

G-SYNC support

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_1)

11.1 (10_1)

CUDA

7.5

OpenCL

1.2

N/A

OpenGL

4.6

3.1

Shader Model

6.5

4.1

Vulkan

1.2.131

N/A

VR Ready