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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 12% to 42%, including 12% in 3DMark Time Spy (10,147 vs 9,097). On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 generates 58.4 tokens/s (per LocalScore.ai) against 52.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (per LocalScore), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080. Both released in 2018. MSRP range: $499 · $699. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
vram gb 88
vram type GDDR6GDDR6
tdp w 175215
cuda cores 23042944
rt cores 3646
tensor cores 288368
process nm 1212

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from 3DMark, HWBOT, Geeks3D, TopCPU, UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic, HEXUS, PCBench, WCCFTech and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 19,283 points22,599 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —12,628 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: HWBOT, Geeks3D, 3DMark		 5,069 points7,222 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, TopCPU, Geeks3D		 —2,168 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic		 2,094 points2,560 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, HEXUS, CpuTronic, PCBench, WCCFTech		 9,097 points10,147 points
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 16,063 points—

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 12% to 42%, including 12% in 3DMark Time Spy (10,147 vs 9,097).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 generates 58.4 tokens/s (per LocalScore.ai) against 52.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (per LocalScore), best community run on file for each.

What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 launched at a $499 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 at $699. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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