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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

418%
418%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

31%
31%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 is approximately 387% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
TU104
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
2944
2048
TMUsDifferent
184
128
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
TU104
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
TU104-400A-A1
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
Turing
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
12 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
13,600 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
25.0M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
545 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2228
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
Sep 20th, 2018
Jun 22nd, 2012
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 20
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 10
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 30
Sea Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
699 USD
499 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
66 in our database
191 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Base ClockDifferent
1515 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
1710 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1750 MHz14 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
448.0 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Shading UnitsDifferent
2944
2048
TMUsDifferent
184
128
ROPsDifferent
64
32
SM CountDifferent
46
N/A
Tensor CoresDifferent
368
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
46
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
64 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
768 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
32

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
109.4 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
314.6 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
20.14 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
10.07 TFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
314.6 GFLOPS (1:32)
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
116 mm4.6 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
35 mm1.4 inches
38 mm1.5 inches
TDPDifferent
215 W
300 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
550 W
700 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.4a1x USB Type-C
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG180 SKU 2
109-C38637-00

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
3.0
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
7.5
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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