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

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 31% to 39%, including 39% in 3DMark Time Spy (14,121 vs 10,147). On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti generates 39.5 tokens/s (per LocalScore.ai) against 5.3 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (per LocalScore), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. Both released in 2018. MSRP range: $699 · $999. 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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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

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 2080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
vram gb 811
vram type GDDR6—
tdp w 215250
cuda cores 29444352
rt cores 4668
tensor cores 368544
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, PCTestBench, HWBOT, Geeks3D, TopCPU, UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic, HEXUS, PCBench 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 2080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 22,599 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 12,628 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: PCTestBench		 —8,528 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: HWBOT, Geeks3D, PCTestBench, 3DMark		 7,222 points9,471 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, TopCPU, Geeks3D		 2,168 points2,915 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic		 2,560 points3,502 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, HEXUS, PCTestBench, PCBench, CpuTronic		 10,147 points14,121 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: PCTestBench		 —6,452 points
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —21,413 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 2080

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

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Quick answers

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 31% to 39%, including 39% in 3DMark Time Spy (14,121 vs 10,147).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti generates 39.5 tokens/s (per LocalScore.ai) against 5.3 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (per LocalScore), best community run on file for each.

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 launched at a $699 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti at $999. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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