NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

TU106GPU NameGP104
TU106-400A-A1Model numberN17E-G3-A1
TuringArchitecturePascal
TSMCFoundryTSMC
12 nmProcess Size16 nm
10,800 millionTransistors7,200 million
445 mm²Die Size314 mm²

Graphics Card

Oct 17th, 2018Release DateJun 27th, 2017
GeForce 20FamilyGeForce 10 Mobile
ActiveProductionActive
GeForce 10PredecessorGeForce 900M
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

8 GBMemory Size8 GB
GDDR6Memory TypeGDDR5X
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
448.0 GB/sBandwidth320.3 GB/s

Performance

103.7 GPixel/sPixel fillrate93.95 GPixel/s
233.3 GTexel/sTexture fillrate234.9 GTexel/s
14.93 TFLOPS (2:1)FP16 (half) performance117.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
7.465 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance7.516 TFLOPS
233.3 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance234.9 GFLOPS (1:32)

Clock Speeds

1410 MHzBase Clock1290 MHz
1620 MHzBoost Clock1468 MHz
1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1251 MHz
10 Gbps effective

Render Config

2304Shading Units2560
144TMUs160
64ROPs64
64 KB (per SM)L1 Cache48 KB (per SM)
4 MBL2 Cache2 MB
36SM Count20

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthMXM Module
175 WThermal design power (TDP)150 W
1x DVI
1x HDMI
2x DisplayPort
1x USB Type-C
Display ConnectorsNo outputs
1x 8-pinPower ConnectorsNone
PG160 SKU 52Board NumberE2915 SKU 10

API support

12 Ultimate (12_2)DirectX12 (12_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.2
6.6Shader Model6.4
7.5CUDA6.1