GeForce RTX 2080
[ GEFORCE ] Graphics Cards

GeForce RTX 2080

Overall Score
37/100
GRADE D · Poor
Key Technical Specifications
Graphics (GPU) Turing
[ EXPERT VERDICT · SUMMARY ]

GeForce RTX 2080 is an engineering-tested graphics cards achieving an overall rating of 37/100. It is positioned for balanced everyday compute and power efficiency.

Benchmark Performance Scores

Normalized 0–100 Scale
Efficiency
27/100
Rating: Poor
Gaming
35/100
Rating: Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3D Mark

3D Mark specifications for GeForce RTX 2080
Specification Value
Fire Strike 27672
Night Raid 100912
Port Royal 6460
Solar Bay 49851
Time Spy 11077
Wild Life Extreme 22307

API

API specifications for GeForce RTX 2080
Specification Value
CUDA 7.5
DLSS DLSS 2
DirectX 12
DisplayPort 1.4a
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6
Ray Tracing Yes
Vulkan 1.3

Games

Games specifications for GeForce RTX 2080
Specification Value
1080p High 118
1080p Ultra 97
1440p Ultra 72
4K Ultra 40
CoD: Modern Warfare III 97916742
Counter-Strike 2 21316211662
Cyberpunk 2077 86784721
Far Cry 6 112977643
Forza Horizon 5 127807148
Ghost of Tsushima 78634627
Hogwarts Legacy 80655225
Margin of Error Low
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1291228945
The Witcher 3 1441178747

GeekBench 6 ML

GeekBench 6 ML specifications for GeForce RTX 2080
Specification Value
Backend DirectML
Depth Estimation (Q) 28373
Face Detection (HP) 34245
Framework ONNX
Image Classification (SP) 7122
Image Segmentation (HP) 17897
Image Super Resolution (Q) 16120
Machine Translation (HP) 4328
Object Detection (SP) 8748
Pose Estimation (Q) 69601
Style Transfer (SP) 154510
Text Classification (SP) 2181

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GeekBench 6 OpenCL specifications for GeForce RTX 2080
Specification Value
API OpenCL
Background Blur 191.8 img/sec
Edge Detection 6.2 Gpixels/sec
Face Detection 115.9 img/sec
Feature Matching 1.3 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 6.56 Gpixels/sec
Horizon Detection 4.74 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 15858.8 FPS
Stereo Matching 499.7 Gpixels/sec

General

General specifications for GeForce RTX 2080
Specification Value
Architecture Turing
Build Discrete
Case Desktop
GPU Codename TU104
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Purpose Gaming
Recommended CPU -AMD Ryzen 9 9900Xor above
Released September 20, 2018
Segment High-end
Successor -GeForce RTX 5080
Vendor Nvidia

Graphics Processing Unit

Graphics Processing Unit specifications for GeForce RTX 2080
Specification Value
Base Clock 1515 MHz
Boost Clock 1710 MHz
Compute Units (Pipelines) 46
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC
L1 Cache 64KB per cluster
L2 Cache 4MB shared
Ray-tracing Cores 46
Render Output Units (ROPs) 64
Shading Units 2944
Tensor Cores 368
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 184

Memory

Memory specifications for GeForce RTX 2080
Specification Value
Bus 256-bit
ECC No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 Mbps
Memory Clock 1750 MHz
Memory Size 8 GB
Memory Type GDDR6

Passmark Graphics

Passmark Graphics specifications for GeForce RTX 2080
Specification Value
DirectX 11 160 FPS
DirectX 12 71 FPS
G2D Mark 897
GPU Compute 7719 Ops/s

Physical

Physical specifications for GeForce RTX 2080
Specification Value
Die Size 545 mm²
Fabrication Process 12 nm
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Manufacturing TSMC
TGP 215 W
Transistor Count 13 billion
Transistor Density 23.85 MTr/mm²

Raw Performance

Raw Performance specifications for GeForce RTX 2080
Specification Value
Pixel Fill Rate 109 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 315 GTexel/s

Strengths & Limitations

Key Advantages

  • Comprehensive positive benchmark metrics recorded.

Key Considerations

  • No major hardware limitations flagged during benchmark run.

Direct Competitors & Alternatives

Methodology, Provenance & Verification

Score version 2026.1 · Data verified 2026-08-26 · Source: official manufacturer datasheets and standardized reproducible benchmark suites (Geekbench 6, Cinebench R24, 3DMark).

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