GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Windforce 8G
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Windforce 8G has 2944 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 10.07 TFLOPS.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB has 2176 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.65 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 7.18 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Windforce 8G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 46 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 34 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Windforce 8G GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
TU104 GPU Chip TU106
Turing Architecture Turing
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 34
2944 Shader 2176
64 Render Output Units 48
184 Texture Units 136
46 Raytracing Cores 34

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Windforce 8G is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Windforce 8G has a turbo clock of 1.710 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB is 1.650 GHz.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.470 GHz
1.710 GHz Boost Clock 1.650 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Windforce 8G has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 88 °C.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 88 °C.

215 W TDP 185 W
250 W TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Windforce 8G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
35 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
44 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Windforce 8G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x 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 GeForce RTX 2080 Windforce 8G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

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

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Windforce 8G is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

280 mm Length 235 mm
117 mm Height 115 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

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Windforce 8G was released in Q4/2018.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB published in Q4/2021 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

GV-N2080WF3-8GC Part-no NE62060018K9-1160L
Q4/2018 Release date Q4/2021
749 $ Launch Price 289 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 12 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)

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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