ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Advanced
vs
KFA2 GeForce GTX 970


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Advanced is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Advanced has the TU104 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 is based on the graphics chip GM204-200-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Advanced GPU KFA2 GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
TU104 GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
Turing Architecture Maxwell 2.0
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
2944 Shader 1664
64 Render Output Units 56
184 Texture Units 104
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Advanced clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.051 GHz
1.755 GHz Boost Clock 1.177 GHz
1.73 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Advanced is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 215 W.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 has 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 145 W.

215 W TDP 145 W
250 W TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Advanced is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
34 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
42 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Advanced.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 1x DP v1.2
-- DVI Ports 2
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Advanced it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC No
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Advanced is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

268 mm Length 241 mm
114 mm Height 111 mm
58 mm Width 38 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Advanced has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q3/2018.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 came on the market in Q3/2014 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

DUAL-RTX2080-A8G Part-no 97NPH6DT6XVZ
Q3/2018 Release date Q3/2014
749 $ Launch Price 299 $
12 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Advanced ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Advanced
8 GB GDDR6
119 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Advanced ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Advanced
8 GB GDDR6
166 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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