NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB GDDR6

The RTX 2080 Ti still posts a PassMark G3D score of 21,440 and handles 1440p gaming like a champ, especially at $450 USD renewed. But the thermal performance is rough, the fans get loud, and the AI score of 31.3 is a real weak spot. It's a solid budget pick for rasterization, but the future value is questionable with newer cards closing in.

The raw compute numbers are still respectable. 13.45 FP32 TFLOPS and 26.9 FP16 TFLOPS put this card in the lower-middle of our compute rankings, around the 39th percentile. That's not going to win any benchmark wars against the RTX 5070 Ti cards we've been testing, but it's not embarrassing either. The 1545MHz boost clock and 4352 CUDA cores mean this thing can still push frames in most modern titles at 1440p without breaking a sweat.

Ray tracing is where things get interesting. The 68 RT cores put this card at the 56th percentile for ray tracing performance, which is actually solid for a first-gen RTX card. Owners report impressive ray tracing results, though you'll need to dial back settings at 4K. The 11GB of VRAM sits at the 51st percentile, which is enough for most games today but starting to feel tight for future titles. The 250W TDP is manageable, but the thermal performance lands at the 32nd percentile, and that's where the fan noise complaints come from.

Stacked against the newer RTX 5070 Ti cards from Gigabyte, ASUS, and MSI, the 2080 Ti is clearly outclassed in raw performance. Those cards are pushing higher clock speeds and more VRAM, and they're built on architectures that handle ray tracing and AI workloads far better. The 2080 Ti's compute score of 39th percentile tells that story in one number. But here's the thing: those 5070 Ti cards cost significantly more. The Sapphire NITRO+ and ZOTAC SOLID are also in the conversation, and they're all newer silicon. If you're comparing on pure frames per dollar, the 2080 Ti at $450 USD holds its own. If you're comparing on features and future-proofing, it's not even close.

At $450 USD on Amazon Renewed, this card is a genuine value play. The budget score of 72.6 out of 100 puts it well above average for price-to-performance, and that's the main reason people are still buying these. The 11GB of VRAM and 616 GB/s of memory bandwidth mean you're getting a lot of hardware for the money. But the value equation gets murkier when you factor in the 250W power draw and the fact that newer cards are closing in on this price point. For pure rasterization at 1440p, this is a solid deal. For anything involving AI workloads or heavy ray tracing, you're paying for capability that's already showing its limits.

The RTX 2080 Ti still posts a PassMark G3D score of 21,440, which lands it right around the middle of the pack in our database. That's not bad for a card that launched back in 2018, but it's also not the flex it used to be. The 11GB of GDDR6 on a 352-bit bus gives you 616 GB/s of memory bandwidth, and the 4352 CUDA cores are still doing real work. But the numbers tell a clear story: this is a card that's aging, and the market has moved on.

At $450 USD on the renewed market, the value proposition is interesting. Our budget score sits at 72.6 out of 100, which is well above average. But the gaming scores tell a more nuanced story. 1080p gaming comes in at 49.1, ray tracing at 47, and AI workloads at a rough 31.3. If you're buying this for 1440p or light 4K, owners say it delivers. If you're buying it for cutting-edge features, you're going to feel the age.

Skip this card if you care about thermals or noise. The thermal performance sits at the 32nd percentile, and owners report loud fans even at 70% speed with random temperature spikes. The connectivity is also a weak spot at the 31st percentile, with just one DisplayPort and one HDMI. If you're planning to run AI workloads, the 31.3 AI score should be a dealbreaker. And if you're the type who wants to buy once and not think about upgrading for a few years, the 1080p gaming score of 49.1 and the fact that newer cards are closing in on this price point mean you'll probably regret this purchase sooner than you'd like.

The RTX 2080 Ti is a card that's aged better than expected but worse than its fans would like. The PassMark score of 21,440 and 11GB of VRAM mean it's still a legitimate 1440p gaming card, and the $450 USD renewed price makes it tempting. But the thermal issues, the weak AI performance, and the fact that newer cards are closing in on this price point make it a harder sell than it was a year ago. If you're on a budget and need solid 1440p performance right now, this is a reasonable buy. If you can stretch your budget or wait a few months, you'll get a lot more card for not much more money.