NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 10008 MHz
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11748 vs 11533
  • Around 70% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 78123 vs 45938
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17328 vs 17105
  • Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8912 vs 5581
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8055 vs 3360
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17328 vs 17105
  • Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8912 vs 5581
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8055 vs 3360
  • Around 14% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6839 vs 6008
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 January 2019 vs 27 June 2017
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 10008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 11748 vs 11533
Geekbench - OpenCL 78123 vs 45938
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17328 vs 17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912 vs 5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8055 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17328 vs 17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912 vs 5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8055 vs 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6839 vs 6008

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

  • Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 885 MHz
  • Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1468 MHz vs 1185 MHz
  • Around 11% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2304
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 735 vs 483
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1290 MHz vs 885 MHz
Boost clock speed 1468 MHz vs 1185 MHz
Pipelines 2560 vs 2304
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 735 vs 483

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11748
11533
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
483
735
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
78123
45938
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17328
17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8912
5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8055
3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17328
17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8912
5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8055
3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
6839
6008
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 11748 11533
PassMark - G2D Mark 483 735
Geekbench - OpenCL 78123 45938
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 168.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1935.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 22.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 111.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1001.496
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17328 17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912 5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8055 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17328 17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912 5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8055 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6839 6008

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Turing Pascal
Code name TU106 GP104
Launch date 29 January 2019 27 June 2017
Place in performance rating 178 180
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1185 MHz 1468 MHz
Core clock speed 885 MHz 1290 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 16 nm
Pipelines 2304 2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 10,800 million 7,200 million
Floating-point performance 7,516 gflops
Texture fill rate 234.9 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 10008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 320.3 GB / s
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready