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GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

4 · 373 votes
Best for 1080p / 1440p gaming

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VRAM
11 GB
CUDA
4,352
FP32
13.45 TF
Bandwidth
616 GB/s
TDP
250W
Boost
1545 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute13.45 TFLOPS13%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth616 GB/s34%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity11 GB34%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units4,35220%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency17/10029%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy18,720pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)9,540pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)2,704spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute129,600pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming52
Ray tracing53
AI / Compute54
Creator / 3D52
Power efficiency17
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 73 fps
1080p
121
1440p
66
4K
32
Counter-Strike 2avg 155 fps
1080p
257
1440p
141
4K
66
Fortniteavg 149 fps
1080p
225
1440p
146
4K
77
Battlefield 5avg 122 fps
1080p
154
1440p
130
4K
83
Far Cry 5avg 102 fps
1080p
118
1440p
113
4K
76
Valorantavg 253 fps
1080p
251
1440p
258
4K
251

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
154fps
1440p
115fps
4K
87fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($999) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$6.39
1440p
$7.70
4K
$11.58
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

People love how it crushes 4K gaming and handles ray tracing without breaking a sweat. The usual gripe is the sky-high price and that it runs hot under load.

Pros
  • Plays modern games at max settings
  • Runs demanding VR without stutter
  • Handles 4K video editing smoothly
  • Stays cool under heavy load
Cons
  • Not enough VRAM for 4K
  • Runs hot under heavy load
  • Ray tracing performance is disappointing

Supported technologies

Ray TracingDLSSNVENCAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
Turing
Process node
12 nm
Transistors
18.6 B
SM Count
34
Release date
2018
Launch price
$999
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
4,352
RT Cores
68
Tensor Cores
544
TMUs
272
ROPs
88
L2 cache
5.5 MB
Memory
Size
11 GB
Type
GDDR6
Bus width
352-bit
Bandwidth
616 GB/s
Memory clock
1750 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1350 MHz
Boost clock
1545 MHz
FP32 (float)
13.45 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
13.45 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
136 GPixel/s
Texture rate
420.2 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
250W
Suggested PSU
500W
Power connectors
2x 8-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
267 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model
6.8
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
CUDA
7.5
Verdict

Our verdict on the RTX 2080 Ti

Nvidia's RTX 2080 Ti is the first enthusiast card with real-time ray tracing, but its early adoption comes with a steep price and spotty game support.

Get it if you need top-tier 4K gaming or heavy creative work on a used budget and can handle the power draw. Skip it if you want modern features like DLSS 3 or ray tracing performance—newer cards crush it for similar money.

Buy it if…

  • You want the best 1080p gaming money could buy in 2018.
  • You run a home VR setup with a high-end headset.
  • You need a used card for a maxed-out 1440p build today.
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