GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2070 Mini


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G and the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2070 Mini, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER and has 3072 texture shaders and 48 execution units.

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2070 Mini is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2070 Mini
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
TU104 GPU Chip TU106
Turing Architecture Turing
48 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
3072 Shader 2304
64 Render Output Units 64
192 Texture Units 144
48 Raytracing Cores 36

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 496 GB/s.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2070 Mini can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.938 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
15.5 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
496 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.650 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2070 Mini is 1.410 GHz.

1.650 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.860 GHz Boost Clock 1.650 GHz
1.82 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.62 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2070 Mini has a TDP of 175 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

250 W TDP 175 W
280 W TDP (up) --
89 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G has a total of 0 -- fans.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2070 Mini has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2070 Mini supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2070 Mini is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G is 290 mm long, 131 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2070 Mini is 197 mm long, 121 mm high and -- wide.

290 mm Length 197 mm
131 mm Height 121 mm
40 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 929 $.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2070 Mini was introduced in Q1/2020 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).

GV-N208SAORUS W-8GC Part-no DUAL-RTX2070-8G-MINI
Q3/2019 Release date Q1/2020
929 $ Launch Price 499 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 12 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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