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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA's second-tier Turing launch card from September 2018, built on the TU104 die with 2,944 CUDA cores, 46 RT cores and 8GB of GDDR6. Priced at $699, it introduced 2-way NVLink and roughly matched the previous-generation GTX 1080 Ti in raster performance.
Pros
- 46 RT cores and 368 Tensor cores for hardware ray tracing and DLSS
- 8GB of GDDR6 at 448GB/s across a 256-bit bus
- 2-way NVLink support, unlike the RTX 2070
- Raster performance close to the previous-generation GTX 1080 Ti
Cons
- $699 launch price was a step up from the GTX 1080's debut MSRP
- Needs both a 6-pin and 8-pin power connector
- Very few games supported ray tracing at launch
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
General
- Announced
- 2018
- Architecture
- Turing
- Process
- 12 nm
- TDP
- 215 W
- Power connector
- 1x 8-pin + 1x 6-pin
Cores & Clocks
- Shading units
- 2,944
- RT cores
- 46
- Tensor / AI cores
- 368
- Base clock
- 1,515 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1,710 MHz
Memory
- VRAM
- 8 GB
- VRAM type
- GDDR6
- Bus width
- 256 bit
- Bandwidth
- 448 GB/s
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Time Spy
- 11,071Bottom 45%
- PassMark G3D
- 18,575Top 49%
Features
- Upscaling
- DLSS 4 (no FG)
Quick answers
Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 good in 2026?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 earns an Inno Score of 46.4/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. NVIDIA's second-tier Turing launch card from September 2018, built on the TU104 die with 2,944 CUDA cores, 46 RT cores and 8GB of GDDR6. Priced at $699, it introduced 2-way NVLink and roughly matched the previous-generation GTX 1080 Ti in raster performance.
What are the key specs of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080?
VRAM: 8 GB · Boost clock: 1,710 MHz · TDP: 215 W · 3DMark Time Spy: 11,071
What are the closest alternatives to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Arc B580, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
