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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 — Benchmarks & Specs

8 GB VRAM215W TDP$699 MSRP2018
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Bottom line: how fast is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080?

At 1440p High with DLSS Balanced upscaling, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 averages 47 fps in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced with a 41 fps 1% low, per PCBench. For local LLM inference it generates 58.4 tokens/sec running llama3.1:8b at q4_K_M under llama.cpp, per LocalScore. In 3DMark Fire Strike it scores 22,599 points, per 3DMark. Its 8 GB of VRAM is the binding constraint for local inference: the llama3.1:8b run above (8B parameters) is the largest model on file at 4-bit quantization on this card.

Every figure above is a row in the tables below, and each row links out to the review or public benchmark database the number was taken from. SpecPicks aggregates published measurements; it does not report first-party benchmark runs.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 is a graphics card from the Turing family released in 2018 from NVIDIA. Key on-paper specs include 8 GB of GDDR6 VRAM, 448 GB/s of memory bandwidth, 215W TDP. It launched with a $699 MSRP, though street prices typically diverge meaningfully from launch pricing — see the linked product cards below for current listings. Data on this page draws on 4 linked listings, 12 synthetic benchmark results (top 10 shown), 7 community AI inference reports, 61 game frame-rate results (top 15 shown), compiled from Gamers Nexus, LocalScore, PCBench, 3DMark, KitGuru, arXiv, CpuTronic, Geeks3D, HEXUS, HWBOT, oobabooga/text-generation-webui GitHub Discussion, The FPS Review, TopCPU, UL Benchmarks; each table row links to its source. Read this page when shopping the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, comparing it against other graphics cards in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, synthetic benchmark scores, or local LLM inference).

Gaming Performance (reported FPS)

Average and 1% low frame rates by game, resolution, and quality preset. Bars are scaled against the fastest result on this page.

Gaming frame rates for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 by game, resolution, and quality preset. Rows from aggregator sites are estimates, not measured runs, dated by when SpecPicks fetched them. “1% low” is the frame-time floor that determines perceived smoothness. Each row links to its original review or benchmark database.
Game Resolution Settings Relative Avg FPS 1% low Source
Doom Eternal 1080p Ultra Nightmare 200 fps — The FPS Review 2020-03-25
Far Cry 5 1080p Ultra 138 fps — Gamers Nexus 2018-09-19
F1 2018 1080p High 136 fps — Gamers Nexus 2018-09-19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p High 134 fps — Gamers Nexus 2018-09-19
F1 2018 1440p High 134 fps — Gamers Nexus 2018-09-19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p Highest 130 fps — KitGuru 2026-07-10
Split Fiction 1080p Ultra 109 fps 90 fps PCBench 2026-01-01
Split Fiction 1080p Ultra 109 fps 90 fps PCBench.net 2026-05-01
Dynasty Warriors Origins 1080p Ultra 109 fps 96 fps PCBench.net 2026-05-01
Sniper Elite Resistance 1080p Ultra 107 fps 91 fps PCBench.net 2026-05-01
Sniper Elite Resistance 1080p Ultra 107 fps 91 fps PCBench 2026-01-01
Far Cry 5 1440p Ultra 105 fps — Gamers Nexus 2018-09-19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p Highest 95 fps — KitGuru 2026-07-10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p High 95 fps — Gamers Nexus 2018-09-19
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced 1440p High DLSS Balanced 47 fps 41 fps PCBench 2026-01-01

AI Inference Performance

Tokens per second under each model + quantization. Higher = faster generation. Bars compare runs across the same model.

Local LLM inference throughput on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, in generated tokens per second for a single request (one user's generation speed). Higher is better; each row links to the community report or benchmark database it came from.
Model Quantization Relative Tokens/sec VRAM used Source
llama3.2:1b q4_K_M llama.cpp 210.0 tok/s — LocalScore.ai 2024-06-01
llama3.2:1b Q4_K_M llama.cpp 205.0 tok/s — LocalScore 2025-01-01
llama3.1:8b q4_K_M llama.cpp 58.4 tok/s — LocalScore.ai 2024-06-01
llama3.1:8b Q4_K_M llama.cpp 58.1 tok/s — LocalScore 2025-01-01
llama2:7b q2_custom llama.cpp 34.0 tok/s — arXiv (Li et al., SJTU/Tsinghua) 2024-10-01
qwen2.5:14b q4_K_M llama.cpp 5.3 tok/s — LocalScore.ai 2024-06-01
Vicuna-13B GPTQ-4bit text-generation-webui 1.0 tok/s 8.0 GB oobabooga/text-generation-webui GitHub Discussion 2023-04-01

Synthetic Benchmarks

Higher is better. Bars are scaled within each benchmark family (multi-thread, single-thread, etc.) so you can compare like-with-like at a glance.

Synthetic benchmark scores for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 — higher is better. Each row links to the public database the number was taken from.
Benchmark Relative Score Source
3DMark Fire Strike 22,599 points 3DMark 2020-01-01
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme 12,628 points 3DMark 2019-06-30
3DMark Time Spy 10,843 points PCBench 2026-01-01
3DMark Time Spy 10,147 points 3DMark 2019-01-01
3DMark Time Spy 10,030 points HEXUS 2018-09-14
3DMark Port Royal 7,222 points HWBOT 2020-12-17
3DMark Port Royal 6,065 points Geeks3D 2019-01-14
3DMark Steel Nomad 2,560 points CpuTronic 2024-06-01
3DMark Steel Nomad 2,560 points UL Benchmarks 2024-01-01
3DMark Speed Way 2,171 points TopCPU 2023-06-01

Products Featuring the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Full Specifications

tdp w215
vram gb8
gpu chipTU104
rt cores46
vram typeGDDR6
cuda cores2944
process nm12
die size mm2545
tensor cores368
base clock mhz1515
boost clock mhz1710
memory bus bits256
transistors billion13.6
memory bandwidth gbps448

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 best used for?
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 is a 8 GB VRAM Turing-family graphics card. 1080p gaming and general productivity are the headline use cases; the benchmark tables on this page place it within its generation.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 released, and what was its launch MSRP?
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 launched in 2018 at a $699 MSRP. Street prices drift from launch pricing over a product's life, so check the current listing before buying.
Where do the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 benchmark numbers come from?
Each benchmark row on this page names its source (public benchmark databases such as TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench and Cinebench, and community reports such as r/LocalLLaMA threads) and links to it, so every number can be checked against the original.
Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 run local LLMs?
Yes — AI inference results for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 are on file; the AI Inference Performance section on this page lists model, quantization and tokens-per-second for each run. 8 GB VRAM fits models up to about 9B parameters at Q4.
Where can I buy the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080?
Amazon listings for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 are linked at the top of this page and in the Products Featuring the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 section. SpecPicks earns a small affiliate commission on qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to the buyer.

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