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EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING vs GALAX GeForce RTX 2080

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.68 GHz · 150 W Speed index 5/100

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING has 1920 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.68 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.46 TFLOPS.

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB GDDR6 · 1.71 GHz · 215 W Speed index 8/100

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 has 2944 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.71 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.07 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 is 56 % faster than the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING.

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMINGGALAX GeForce RTX 2080
Speed index
5/100
8/100
FP32
6.46 TFLOPS
10.07 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.68 GHz
1.71 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
448 GB/s
TDP
150 W
215 W
Launch Price
379 $
699 $
178 pts
376 pts

GPU

GPUEVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMINGGALAX GeForce RTX 2080
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GPU ChipGP104-200-A1TU104
Streaming Multiprocessors1546
Shader19202944
Render Output Units6464
Texture Units120184
Raytracing Cores--46
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 15 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.

Memory

MemoryEVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMINGGALAX GeForce RTX 2080
Memory Size8 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock2.002 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed8.0 Gbps14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s448 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsEVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMINGGALAX GeForce RTX 2080
Base Clock1.506 GHz1.515 GHz
Boost Clock1.683 GHz1.710 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING has a turbo clock of 1.683 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 is 1.710 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignEVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMINGGALAX GeForce RTX 2080
TDP150 W215 W
Tjunction max94 °C88 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 88 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansEVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMINGGALAX GeForce RTX 2080
Fan-TypeRadialRadial
Fan 11 x 70 mm1 x 75 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityEVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMINGGALAX GeForce RTX 2080
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.43x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
USB-C--1
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetEVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMINGGALAX GeForce RTX 2080
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsEVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMINGGALAX GeForce RTX 2080
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9DecodeDecode
AV1NoNo
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsEVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMINGGALAX GeForce RTX 2080
Length267 mm283 mm
Height111 mm139 mm
Width--41 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataEVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMINGGALAX GeForce RTX 2080
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2016Q3/2018
Launch Price379 $699 $
Structure size16 nm12 nm
Part-no08G-P4-5170-KR28NSL6UCT5BW
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING was released in Q2/2016.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 published in Q3/2018 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

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 GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 +82.0 %

  1. 2,741
  2. 4,989

Port Royal (Raytracing) GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 +429.6 %

  1. 1,214
  2. 6,429

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 2,163

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)

  1. no data
  2. 38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 66 fps (avg)

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) GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 +88.2 %

  1. 34 fps (avg)
  2. 64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 +78.5 %

  1. 65 fps (avg)
  2. 116 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 +76.1 %

  1. 92 fps (avg)
  2. 162 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 GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 +132.0 %

  1. 45,783
  2. 106,197

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 +108.7 %

  1. 48,569
  2. 101,344

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