GeForce RTX 2080 vs GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1650 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a frequency of 1937 MHz on this particular card. It features 3072 SPUs as well as 192 Texture Address Units and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2080		215 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (16%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should perform a little bit faster than the GeForce RTX 2080 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 2080		458752 MB/sec
	Difference: 49152 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is just a bit (about 14%) more effective at AF than the GeForce RTX 2080. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2080		278760 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 38040 (14%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should be just a bit (more or less 9%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 2080, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2080		96960 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8640 (9%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.