Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition vs GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0)

GPU comparison with benchmarks In the gpu comparison between the Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition and the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0), we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units. GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition	GPU	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080	Based on	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1	GPU Chip	TU106
Pascal	Architecture	Turing
20	Streaming Multiprocessors	36
2560	Shader	2304
64	Render Output Units	64
160	Texture Units	144
0	Raytracing Cores	36

Memory The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s. The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.
8 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR5X	Memory Type	GDDR6
1.251 GHz	Memory Clock	1.750 GHz
10.0 Gbps	Memory Speed	14.0 Gbps
320 GB/s	Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s
256 bit	Memory Interface	256 bit

Clock Speeds The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) is 1.410 GHz.
1.607 GHz	Base Clock	1.410 GHz
1.733 GHz	Boost Clock	1.620 GHz
	Avg (Game) Clock
Yes	Overclocking	Yes

Thermal Design The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector. The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) has a TDP of 175 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
180 W	TDP	175 W
--	TDP (up)	--
94 °C	Tjunction max	89 °C
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition has a total of 1 Radial fans. The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Radial	Fan-Type	Axial
1 x 70 mm	Fan 1	2 x 100 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
dB	Noise (Idle)	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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition. The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) supports a maximum of 4 screens.
4	Max. Displays	4
2.2	HDCP-Version	2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4	DP Ports	3x DP v1.4a
1	DVI Ports	--
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--

Featureset The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) is 7680x4320 pixels.
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_1	DirectX	12_2 (Ultimate)
No	Raytracing	Yes
Yes	DLSS / FSR	Yes
No LED lighting	LED	No LED lighting

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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide. The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) is 265 mm long, 121 mm high and -- wide.
267 mm	Length	265 mm
111 mm	Height	121 mm
38 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference). The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) was introduced in Q4/2019 at a price of 499 $ (Reference).
NEB1080015P2F	Part-no	GV-N2070WF2-8GD
Q2/2016	Release date	Q4/2019
599 $ (Reference)	Launch Price	499 $ (Reference)
16 nm	Structure size	12 nm
--	Documents	data sheet

Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
1.607 GHz, 8 GB (180 W TDP)

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GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0)
1.410 GHz, 8 GB (175 W TDP)

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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


	Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8 GB GDDR5X	3319
	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) 8 GB GDDR6	4337

Port Royal (Raytracing)


	Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8 GB GDDR5X	1589
	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) 8 GB GDDR6	5327

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)


	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) 8 GB GDDR6	1873

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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)


	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) 8 GB GDDR6	30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)


	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) 8 GB GDDR6	36 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)


	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) 8 GB GDDR6	54 fps (avg)

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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


	Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8 GB GDDR5X	53292
	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) 8 GB GDDR6	90143

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan


	Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8 GB GDDR5X	63883
	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) 8 GB GDDR6	86141

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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)


	Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8 GB GDDR5X	8.87
	GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0) 8 GB GDDR6	7.46

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Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
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GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Windforce 2X 8G (rev. 3.0)

GPU comparison with benchmarks

GPU

Memory

Clock Speeds

Thermal Design

Cooler & Fans

Connectivity

Featureset

Supported Video Codecs

Dimensions

Additional data

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