Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C)
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 496 GB/s.

GPU

The Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) has the TU106 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G is based on the graphics chip TU104, which comes from the Turing architecture.
Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
TU106 GPU Chip TU104
Turing Architecture Turing
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 48
2304 Shader 3072
64 Render Output Units 64
144 Texture Units 192
36 Raytracing Cores 48

Memory

The graphics memory of the Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G is 15.5 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.938 GHz.

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

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

Thermal Design

The Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 175 W.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.

175 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) 280 W
89 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C).

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G 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 3x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

With the Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

292 mm Length 290 mm
112 mm Height 131 mm
40 mm Width 40 mm
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 RTX 2070 Dual (USB-C) has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q4/2018.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce 8G came on the market in Q3/2019 and will have a structure width of 12 nanometers manufactured.

NE62070020P2-1060A Part-no GV-N208SAORUS W-8GC
Q4/2018 Release date Q3/2019
499 $ (Reference) Launch Price 929 $
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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