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ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.68 GHz · 220 W Speed index 5/100

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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition 8 GB GDDR6 · 1.80 GHz · 225 W Speed index 9/100

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition has 2944 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.80 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 10.60 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition is 64 % faster than the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
Speed index
5/100
9/100
FP32
6.46 TFLOPS
10.60 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.68 GHz
1.80 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
496 GB/s
TDP
220 W
225 W
Launch Price
379 $
729 $

GPU

GPUZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 15 streaming multiprocessors.

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

Memory

MemoryZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
Memory Size8 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock2.002 GHz1.938 GHz
Memory Speed8.0 Gbps15.5 Gbps
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s496 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.938GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
Base Clock1.506 GHz1.515 GHz
Boost Clock1.683 GHz1.800 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 has a turbo clock of 1.683 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition is 1.800 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
TDP220 W225 W
TDP (up)--250 W
Tjunction max94 °C88 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition 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 & FansZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 90 mm2 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)--35 dB
Noise (Load)--41 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

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

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
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

DimensionsZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
Length303 mm267 mm
Height111 mm116 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

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

Additional data

Additional dataZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ4/2016Q3/2018
Launch Price379 $729 $
Structure size16 nm12 nm
Part-noZT-P10700F-10P--
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Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 was released in Q4/2016.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition +86.8 %

  1. 2,741
  2. 5,120

Port Royal (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition +443.5 %

  1. 1,214
  2. 6,598

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 2,220

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. 40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 48 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 69 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) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition +97.1 %

  1. 34 fps (avg)
  2. 67 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition +87.7 %

  1. 65 fps (avg)
  2. 122 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition +85.9 %

  1. 92 fps (avg)
  2. 171 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition +144.2 %

  1. 45,783
  2. 111,786

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition +119.6 %

  1. 48,569
  2. 106,678

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