{"id":977,"date":"2019-12-23T06:58:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T06:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obilesky.com\/2019\/12\/23\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2080-super-cost-to-performance-game-fps-analysis\/"},"modified":"2019-12-23T06:58:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T06:58:27","slug":"nvidia-geforce-rtx-2080-super-cost-to-performance-game-fps-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/?p=977","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super, Cost to Performance Game FPS Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Like that annoying Adam Lambert bloke endlessly touring with Queen, the GeForce RTX 2080 Super has arrived to fill a gap that never really needed filling. From the get-go, the RTX 2080 Super has been the ugly stepsister to the RTX 2060 Super and the RTX 2070 Super, arriving late to the party and minus the step-up performance we\u2019ve seen from the rest of Nvidia\u2019s Super range.<\/p>\n

But, thanks to Nvidia\u2019s comparative silence on the matter, we were as keen as anyone to finally find out what the GeForce RTX 2080 Super offers. As its name suggests, the RTX 2080 Super is a becaped version of the standard $699 RTX 2080. It\u2019s arriving at the same price tag and yet is rocking some mildly improved specs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Under the hood we\u2019re dealing with the same TU104 GPU, this time with the full complement of 3072 CUDA cores (versus 2944 on the vanilla 2080), 48 SMs, two additional RT Cores, 16 extra Tensor Cores, a decent clock speed improvement, and faster memory speed which results in improved memory bandwidth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Check out the rest of the RTX Super lineup<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nGeForce RTX 2060<\/td>\nGeForce RTX 2060 Super<\/td>\nGeForce RTX 2070<\/td>\nGeForce RTX 2070 Super<\/td>\nGeForce RTX 2080<\/td>\nGeForce RTX 2080 Super<\/td>\nGeForce RTX 2080 Ti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPU Architecture<\/strong><\/td>\nTuring<\/td>\nTuring<\/td>\nTuring<\/td>\nTuring<\/td>\nTuring<\/td>\nTuring<\/td>\nTuring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPU<\/strong><\/td>\nTU106<\/td>\nTU106<\/td>\nTU106<\/td>\nTU104<\/td>\nTU104<\/td>\nTU104<\/td>\nTU102<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Process Node<\/strong><\/td>\n12nm NFF<\/td>\n12nm NFF<\/td>\n12nm NFF<\/td>\n12nm NFF<\/td>\n12nm NFF<\/td>\n12nm NFF<\/td>\n12nm NFF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CUDA Cores<\/strong><\/td>\n1920<\/td>\n2176<\/td>\n2304<\/td>\n2560<\/td>\n2944<\/td>\n3072<\/td>\n4352<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tensor Cores<\/strong><\/td>\n240<\/td>\n272<\/td>\n288<\/td>\n320<\/td>\n368<\/td>\n384<\/td>\n544<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RT Cores<\/strong><\/td>\n30<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Core Clock<\/strong><\/td>\n1365 MHz<\/td>\n1470 MHz<\/td>\n1410 MHz<\/td>\n1605 MHz\u00a0<\/td>\n1515 MHz<\/td>\n\u00a01650 MHz<\/td>\n1350 MHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boost Clock<\/strong><\/td>\n1680 MHz<\/td>\n1650 MHz<\/td>\n1620 MHz<\/td>\n1770 MHz\u00a0<\/td>\n1800 MHz<\/td>\n\u00a01815 MHz<\/td>\n1545 MHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory<\/strong><\/td>\n6GB GDDR6<\/td>\n8GB GDDR6<\/td>\n8GB GDDR6<\/td>\n\u00a08GB GDDR6<\/td>\n8GB GDDR6<\/td>\n8GB GDDR6\u00a0<\/td>\n11GB GDDR6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory Speed<\/strong><\/td>\n14 GHz<\/td>\n14 GHz<\/td>\n14 GHz<\/td>\n14 GHz<\/td>\n14 GHz<\/td>\n15.5 GHz<\/td>\n14 GHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory Interface<\/strong><\/td>\n192-bit<\/td>\n256-bit<\/td>\n256-bit<\/td>\n256-bit<\/td>\n256-bit<\/td>\n256-bit<\/td>\n352-bit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory Bandwidth<\/strong><\/td>\n336GB\/s<\/td>\n448GB\/s<\/td>\n448GB\/s<\/td>\n448GB\/s<\/td>\n448GB\/s<\/td>\n496GB\/s<\/td>\n616GB\/s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TDP<\/strong><\/td>\n160W<\/td>\n175W<\/td>\n175W<\/td>\n215W<\/td>\n215W<\/td>\n250W<\/td>\n285W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Power Input<\/strong><\/td>\n1x 8-pin<\/td>\n1x 8-pin<\/td>\n1x 8-pin<\/td>\n1x 6-pin & 1x 8-pin<\/td>\n1x 6-pin & 1x 8-pin<\/td>\n1x 6-pin & 1x 8-pin<\/td>\n2x 8-pin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Founders Price<\/strong><\/td>\n$349<\/td>\n$399<\/td>\n$599<\/td>\n$499<\/td>\n$799<\/td>\n$699<\/td>\n$1199<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Normal Price<\/strong><\/td>\n$349<\/td>\n$399<\/td>\n$499<\/td>\n$499<\/td>\n$699<\/td>\n$699<\/td>\n$999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Nvidia is the master at \u2018just enough\u2019 and, sans any competition from AMD, the RTX 2080 Super looks to be exactly that. Current RTX 2080 owners shouldn\u2019t be overly bitter about the new and improved Super, it is simply a graphics card which is very obviously superior to AMD\u2019s Radeon RX 5700 XT for those who want to splash a couple hundred more buckaroos.<\/p>\n

But enough of all that, let\u2019s see how the GeForce RTX 2080 Super stacks up against its nearest and dearest, the GeForce RTX 2080. The Super is basically a like-for-like replacement for the RTX 2080, so our primary interest is in how much faster it is than Nvidia’s outgoing GPU.<\/p>\n

If you want to look at some core benchmark numbers from the rest of the Nvidia Super range then pop over to our benchmark review articles<\/p>\n

RTX 2070 Super benchmarks\u00a0|\u00a0RTX 2060 Super benchmarks<\/p>\n

RTX 2080 Super FPS Performance Charts<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1080p – GeForce RTX 2080 Super vs GeForce RTX 2080<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1440p – GeForce RTX 2080 Super vs GeForce RTX 2080<\/strong><\/p>\n

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4K – GeForce RTX 2080 Super vs GeForce RTX 2080<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We knew the GeForce RTX 2080 Super would be faster than the RTX 2080, it was just a question of by how much. On that front, the general rule of thumb is anywhere from 0-15% increase in real-world gaming performance. At lower resolutions being CPU-bound certainly comes into play a bit, negating the advantages of the Super. However, if you’re planning on gaming at 1080p then both of these GPUs are total overkill.<\/p>\n

Performing a cost\/performance analysis on these two graphics cards is almost pointless. The standard retail price is exactly the same both and the GeForce RTX 2080 Super is flat-out the better video card. When given a choice between the two at that $699 price point it’s a no-brainer. Still, it can be nice to know just how much better value the RTX 2080 Super is.\u00a0<\/p>\n

GeForce RTX 2080 vs GeForce RTX 2080 Super Cost Per Frame ($)<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>(cheaper = better)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Resolution<\/strong><\/td>\nRTX 2080<\/strong><\/td>\nRTX 2080 Super<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1080p<\/td>\n$5.29<\/td>\n$4.91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1440p<\/td>\n$7.31<\/td>\n$6.78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4K<\/td>\n$12.48<\/td>\n$12.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Where things begin to get a bit murkier is the potential for price cuts on the standard RTX 2080. That may or may not happen depending on supplies but this could become a factor in deciding between the Super and the standard. See a standard RTX 2080 for $549, for example, and that definitely becomes a tempting proposition.<\/p>\n

Is the GeForce RTX 2080 Super a glamorous performance improvement? Not really. Is it enough to put more daylight between Nvidia and AMD for high-end gamers? Absolutely.<\/p>\n

Nvidia RTX 2080 Super 8GB vs Nvidia RTX 2080<\/h3>\n

Nvidia RTX 2080 Super 8GB Vs Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti 11GB<\/h3>\n

Nvidia RTX 2080 Super 8GB Vs Nvidia RTX 2070 Super 8GB<\/h3>\n

Nvidia RTX 2080 Super 8GB Vs AMD RX 5700 XT 8GB<\/h3>\n

Performance % difference between the GeForce RTX 2080 Super and GeForce RTX 20 Series & AMD R-5000 Series graphics cards<\/h2>\n

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When all is said and done, the GeForce RTX 2080 Super is roughly 7-8% faster, on average, than the GeForce RTX 2080. It’s still some way short of the mighty RTX 2080 Ti but it offers much better value than the top-end card. Do you want even better value performance and ray-tracing though? Then you may want to look toward the $499 RTX 2070 Super or, for even bigger savings and great price to performance (minus the ray-tracing), AMD has got you covered with the Radeon RX 5700 XT.<\/p>\n

What we end up with is quite an odd proposition. We’re nearly one year on from the RTX 2080’s launch and if you haven’t bought one yet it seems an extra 7% performance is hardly going to be the tipping point. We’re now 11 months closer to the next generation of graphics processors so the value proposition has arguably dipped rather than improved, depending on your point of view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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