NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q ► remove from comparison
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q design is the power saving variant of the mobile RTX 2080 with reduced clock speeds and power consumption. Therefore, it is suitable for thin gaming laptops. It is based on the same TU104 chip is the desktop and mobile variant and offers 2,944 shaders and 8 GB GDDR6 memory connected by a 256 bit interface (12 GHz).
Currently it looks like there will be two variants, a low power 80 Watt variant with 735 - 1095 MHz core clock and a faster 90 Watt variant with 990 - 1230 MHz core clock).
The clock is not the only difference compared to the regular RTX 2080 though. The drivers for the Max-Q version were optimized for efficiency (and not performance; only for Max-Q models), there are optimized voltage converters for 1V operation, high-end cooling methods, and a 40 dB limit for the fan noise (with clock adjustments to ensure this at all times).
NVIDIA manufactures the TU104 chip on a 12 nm FinFET process and includes features like Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) and Real-Time Ray Tracing (RTRT), which should combine to create more realistic lighting effects than older GPUs based on the company's Pascal architecture (if the games supports it). The RTX 2080 is also DisplayPort 1.4 ready, while there is also support for HDMI 2.0b, HDR, Simultaneous Multi-Projection (SMP) and H.265 video en/decoding (PlayReady 3.0).
The RTX 2080 Max-Q should be slightly faster than a regular mobile RTX 2070 and therefore a high end gaming graphics card. It should be able to run all demanding games in 4k with maximum details. Raytracing features however may reduce framerates a lot.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop) ► remove from comparison
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 for desktops is a fast mid range graphics card in the GeForce Turing line-up. It uses a TU106 chip with 1,920 shader, 45 ROPs, 120 TMUs, 240 KI-cores and a 192 Bit memory bus that connects 6 GB of GDDR6 (clocked at 7 GHz leading to 14 GHz effective and 336 GB/s).
The mobile variant of the RTX 2060 bears the same name, but offers considerable lower clock speeds (see our RTX 2060 laptop page ).
NVIDIA manufacturers the TU106 chip on a 12 nm FinFET process and includes features like Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) and Real-Time Ray Tracing (RTRT), which should combine to create more realistic lighting effects than older GPUs based on the company's Pascal architecture (if the games supports it). The RTX 2060 is also DisplayPort 1.4 ready, while there is also support for HDMI 2.0b, HDR, Simultaneous Multi-Projection (SMP) and H.265 video en/decoding (PlayReady 3.0).
The average RTX 2060 should be on par with a Radeon RX Vega 64 and between the GeForce GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 / 1070 Ti. Therefore, the RTX 2060 is most suited for 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 in demanding games.
NVIDIA specifies that the RTX 2060 should consume a maximum of 160 W and therefore clearly higher than the old GTX 1060 rated at 120 Watt.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop) GeForce RTX 2000 Series Codename N18E-G3-A1 MAX-Q TU104 Turing TU106 Architecture Turing Turing Pipelines 2944 - unified 1920 - unified Core Speed 735-990 - 1095-1230 (Boost) MHz 1320 - 1620 (Boost) MHz Memory Speed 12000 MHz 14000 MHz Memory Bus Width 256 Bit 192 Bit Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6 Max. Amount of Memory 8 GB 6 GB Shared Memory no no API DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.6 DirectX 12_1, Shader 6.4, OpenGL 4.6 Power Consumption 80-90 Watt 175 Watt Transistors 13.6 Billion technology 12 nm 12 nm Features NVLink, DLSS, Raytraycing, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor, 650 Watt system power recommended DLSS, Raytraycing, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor Notebook Size large Date of Announcement 06.01.2019 06.01.2019
Benchmarks Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
41 pt (45%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
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Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
41.4 pt (45%)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 6399 avg: 7609 median: 7484 (39%) max: 8604 Points
7878 Points (41%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 6464 avg: 7903 median: 7923 (37%) max: 8844 Points
7732 Points (36%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 364184 avg: 413236 median: 425550 (57%) max: 444648 Points
424149 Points (57%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 166342 avg: 280059 median: 342495 (47%) max: 377016 Points
305160 Points (42%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 25513 avg: 35405 median: 34287 (42%) max: 50705 Points
44523 Points (54%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 38256 avg: 111063 median: 117764 (48%) max: 129506 Points
107083 Points (43%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 15962 avg: 17836 median: 17504 (44%) max: 22184 Points
16267 Points (41%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 18048 avg: 20658 median: 20703 (39%) max: 23032 Points
19338 Points (36%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 69036 avg: 274353 median: 300340 (40%) max: 419228 Points
333335 Points (44%)
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid
39960 Points (48%)
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid Graphics Score
90166 Points (50%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 19220 avg: 21052 median: 21067 (43%) max: 23774 Points
min: 22018 avg: 22982 median: 22982 (46%) max: 23946 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 23386 avg: 27852 median: 27973 (40%) max: 30910 Points
min: 26413 avg: 27163 median: 27162.5 (39%) max: 27912 Points
3DMark Vantage 3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
51930 Points (43%)
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
60454 Points (50%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
60439 Points (46%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
60862 Points (47%)
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
125706 Points (66%)
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
34679 Points (48%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
min: 36228 avg: 37369 median: 37613 (57%) max: 38435 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
33727 Points (51%)
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
91.2 fps (40%)
SPECviewperf 12 specvp12 sw-03 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
69.5 fps (30%)
specvp12 sw-03 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
57.6 fps (25%)
specvp12 snx-02 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
11.4 fps (3%)
specvp12 snx-02 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
8.4 fps (2%)
specvp12 showcase-01 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
95.6 fps (36%)
specvp12 showcase-01 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
101 fps (38%)
specvp12 mediacal-01 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
39.7 fps (24%)
specvp12 mediacal-01 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
35.2 fps (21%)
specvp12 maya-04 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
153.4 fps (54%)
specvp12 maya-04 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
127.4 fps (45%)
specvp12 energy-01 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
8.9 fps (22%)
specvp12 energy-01 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
9.2 fps (23%)
specvp12 creo-01 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
52.2 fps (28%)
specvp12 creo-01 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
44.5 fps (24%)
specvp12 catia-04 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
90.2 fps (31%)
specvp12 catia-04 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
74.8 fps (26%)
specvp12 3dsmax-05 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
174.7 fps (47%)
specvp12 3dsmax-05 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
183.6 fps (49%)
SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
89.3 fps (41%)
specvp13 sw-04 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
83.4 fps (38%)
specvp13 snx-03 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
20.3 fps (3%)
specvp13 snx-03 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
15 fps (2%)
specvp13 showcase-02 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
95.5 fps (36%)
specvp13 showcase-02 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
101.6 fps (38%)
specvp13 medical-02 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
55.9 fps (30%)
specvp13 medical-02 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
49.1 fps (27%)
specvp13 maya-05 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
256 fps (45%)
specvp13 maya-05 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
247 fps (44%)
specvp13 energy-02 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
16 fps (12%)
specvp13 energy-02 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
7.6 fps (6%)
specvp13 creo-02 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
177.1 fps (46%)
specvp13 creo-02 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
169.8 fps (44%)
specvp13 catia-05 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
128 fps (27%)
specvp13 catia-05 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
108.2 fps (23%)
specvp13 3dsmax-06 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
176.5 fps (47%)
specvp13 3dsmax-06 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
184.4 fps (49%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 6820 avg: 9275 median: 8197.5 (35%) max: 13884 Points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 73.1 avg: 77.2 median: 78.4 (29%) max: 80 fps
Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 107.8 avg: 120.4 median: 119.7 (32%) max: 138.6 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.6 % (100%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Onscreen
144 fps (4%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
326 fps (1%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
2006 Samples/s (9%)
2586 Samples/s (12%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
5110 Samples/s (9%)
5655 Samples/s (10%)
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
14673 Points (28%)
14375 Points (28%)
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
129 Watt (20%)
295.2 Watt (45%)
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
131 Watt (18%)
288.8 Watt (40%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 130 avg: 161.4 median: 161 (35%) max: 185.8 Watt
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 0.4198 avg: 0.5 median: 0.5 (0%) max: 0.534 Points per Watt
Clock Speed - GPU Clock Witcher 3 ultra
min: 915 avg: 1241 median: 1260 (63%) max: 1455 MHz
Clock Speed - GPU Clock Speed Furmark
1003 MHz (40%)
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q → 100% n=35 Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop) → 96% n=35
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
98.1 fps [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
49.4 fps, P0.1:
54.4 fps, P1:
64.7 fps, max:
162 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
95.5 fps [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
16.7 fps, P0.1:
55.2 fps, P1:
61.8 fps, max:
167 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
80.5 fps [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
42.4 fps, P0.1:
47.5 fps, P1:
50.8 fps, max:
148 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
54.2 fps [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
28.4 fps, P0.1:
34.5 fps, P1:
36.8 fps, max:
105 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
27.8 fps [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
15.3 fps, P0.1:
15.5 fps, P1:
16.3 fps, max:
79.5 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
95.4 fps [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
53.1 fps, P0.1:
66 fps, P1:
75.6 fps, max:
321 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
80.7 fps [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
41.9 fps, P0.1:
60.2 fps, P1:
64.2 fps, max:
278 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
67.1 fps [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
28 fps, P0.1:
46.2 fps, P1:
51.4 fps, max:
229 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
46.9 fps [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
26.3 fps, P0.1:
35 fps, P1:
38.3 fps, max:
112 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
21.5 fps [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
15.7 fps, P0.1:
16.2 fps, P1:
16.9 fps, max:
28.9 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
79 [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
P0.1:
44 fpsP1:
fps
fps
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
64 [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
P0.1:
9 fpsP1:
fps
fps
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
55 [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
P0.1:
38 fpsP1:
fps
fps
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
42 [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
P0.1:
26 fpsP1:
fps
fps
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
24 [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
P0.1:
17 fpsP1:
fps
fps
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
86 [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
20.7 fps, P0.1:
63.1 fps, P1:
73.7 fps, max:
147.6 fps
fps
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
68.9 [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
20.1 fps, P0.1:
50.2 fps, P1:
60.4 fps, max:
122.5 fps
fps
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
40.6 [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
19.8 fps, P0.1:
31 fps, P1:
33.7 fps, max:
50.9 fps
fps
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
35.2 [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
19.4 fps, P0.1:
27.4 fps, P1:
29.7 fps, max:
42.9 fps
fps
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
26.4 [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
18.8 fps, P0.1:
19.8 fps, P1:
22.7 fps, max:
30.6 fps
fps
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
101 fps [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
24.46 fps, P1:
76.42 fps, max:
146.37 fps
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GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop):
87.4 fps [X] MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
min:
31.57 fps, P1:
65.79 fps, max:
133.96 fps
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