NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs NVIDIA T1000 Comparison

FAQ

Q: How does the NVIDIA T1000 compare to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti in raw compute performance?

A: The RTX 2080 Ti delivers 13.45 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, while the T1000 delivers 2.500 TFLOPS. The RTX 2080 Ti is approximately 5.4 times faster in raw shader throughput. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 2080 Ti scores 128,171 against the T1000's 37,704, a gap of 70.6 percent. In Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX 2080 Ti scores 132,930 versus 34,874, a gap of 73.8 percent.

Q: What memory configurations do these two cards offer?

A: The T1000 has 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus with 160.0 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX 2080 Ti has 11 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 352-bit bus with 616.0 GB/s bandwidth. That means the RTX 2080 Ti has 2.75 times more memory capacity and 3.85 times more memory bandwidth.

Q: Which card has more shading units, texture mapping units, and raster operations units?

A: The RTX 2080 Ti has 4,352 shading units, 272 TMUs, and 88 ROPs. The T1000 has 896 shading units, 56 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The RTX 2080 Ti has roughly 4.9 times more shading units, 4.9 times more TMUs, and 2.75 times more ROPs.

Q: Do both cards support hardware ray tracing and tensor cores?

A: No. The RTX 2080 Ti includes 68 ray tracing cores and 544 tensor cores. The T1000 has no ray tracing cores and no tensor cores listed in the database. This is a fundamental architectural difference despite both being Turing-based.

Q: What are the power requirements for each card?

A: The T1000 has a TDP of 50 W, uses no power connectors, and requires a suggested PSU of 250 W. The RTX 2080 Ti has a TDP of 250 W, uses two 8-pin power connectors, and requires a suggested PSU of 600 W. The T1000 draws one-fifth the power of the RTX 2080 Ti.

Q: What is the release timeline and production status for these GPUs?

A: The RTX 2080 Ti was released on September 19, 2018, and the T1000 was released on May 5, 2021. Both are marked as end-of-life in the database. The RTX 2080 Ti succeeded GeForce 10 and was succeeded by GeForce 30. The T1000 succeeded Quadro Volta and was succeeded by Workstation Ampere.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is the dominant performer in every recorded benchmark. In the two head-to-head tests available, the RTX 2080 Ti wins both, with a 70.6 percent advantage in Geekbench OpenCL and a 73.8 percent advantage in Geekbench Vulkan. The T1000 records zero wins in direct comparisons.

Who should pick the RTX 2080 Ti? Anyone needing maximum compute throughput, large memory capacity, or hardware ray tracing. The card sits at the 75th percentile among all GPUs in the database, and its nearest rivals include the RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 5070 Mobile, with delta percentages of negative 0.5 percent each, meaning the 2080 Ti is effectively level with those newer parts. Its average benchmark score is 29,783.

Who should pick the T1000? The card's appeal is entirely different. Its 50 W TDP, single-slot profile, lack of power connectors, and 156 mm length make it suitable for compact, low-power workstations. It sits at the 80th percentile among all GPUs, which is higher than the RTX 2080 Ti's 75th percentile, despite being far slower in absolute terms. That percentile reflects its position relative to all GPUs ever tested, not its performance class. The T1000's nearest rivals include the GTX TITAN X and Radeon RX 5300M, with deltas of negative 0.7 percent each.

The verdict is simple: the RTX 2080 Ti for performance, the T1000 for efficiency and form factor. No benchmark in the database suggests the T1000 can match the RTX 2080 Ti in speed. The T1000 is a capable low-profile workstation card, while the RTX 2080 Ti is a high-end desktop GPU from the GeForce 20-series.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records two direct benchmark comparisons between these cards, both in Geekbench workloads.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 2080 Ti scores 128,171, while the T1000 scores 37,704. The delta percentage is negative 70.6 percent, indicating the T1000 trails by that margin. This is a massive gap, roughly 3.4 times the score of the T1000.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX 2080 Ti scores 132,930, while the T1000 scores 34,874. The delta percentage is negative 73.8 percent, meaning the T1000 trails by nearly three-quarters. The Vulkan gap is slightly larger than the OpenCL gap, suggesting the RTX 2080 Ti scales even better under Vulkan's lower-level API.

The RTX 2080 Ti's wider memory bus and higher bandwidth, 616.0 GB/s versus 160.0 GB/s, likely contribute to these large margins. Compute-heavy workloads that stream data will favor the card with 3.85 times the bandwidth.

Pixel and texture rates tell a similar story. The RTX 2080 Ti achieves 136.0 GPixel/s and 420.2 GTexel/s, while the T1000 achieves 44.64 GPixel/s and 78.12 GTexel/s. The RTX 2080 Ti is 3.05 times faster in pixel throughput and 5.38 times faster in texture throughput.

FP16 performance also favors the RTX 2080 Ti heavily: 26.90 TFLOPS versus 5.000 TFLOPS, a 5.38 times advantage. Both cards use a 2:1 ratio for FP16 relative to FP32.

The RTX 2080 Ti also has dedicated hardware that the T1000 lacks entirely: 68 ray tracing cores and 544 tensor cores. These appear in no T1000 specification, meaning any workload using ray tracing or tensor operations will simply not run on the T1000 with hardware acceleration.

The RTX 2080 Ti's average benchmark score across all tests is 29,783, while the T1000's average is 36,289. This is an interesting inversion: the T1000 has a higher average score despite losing both head-to-head tests. This is because the T1000's average is computed from only two benchmarks, both Geekbench tests, while the RTX 2080 Ti's average includes many more tests, including several Passmark workloads where scores are low on an absolute scale. The average benchmark score should not be interpreted as a direct comparison of these two cards' relative performance.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in nearly every measurable specification.

Memory: The T1000 has 4 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 160.0 GB/s bandwidth and memory clock of 1250 MHz (10 Gbps effective). The RTX 2080 Ti has 11 GB of GDDR6 on a 352-bit bus with 616.0 GB/s bandwidth and memory clock of 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective).

Compute units: The T1000 has 896 shading units, 56 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The RTX 2080 Ti has 4,352 shading units, 272 TMUs, and 88 ROPs. The RTX 2080 Ti also adds 68 RT cores and 544 tensor cores, neither of which appear in the T1000's specifications.

Clock speeds: The T1000 has a base clock of 1065 MHz and a boost clock of 1395 MHz. The RTX 2080 Ti has a base clock of 1350 MHz and a boost clock of 1545 MHz. The RTX 2080 Ti runs about 27 percent higher at base and about 11 percent higher at boost.

Power and cooling: The T1000 has a TDP of 50 W, is single-slot, uses no power connectors, and suggests a 250 W PSU. The RTX 2080 Ti has a TDP of 250 W, is dual-slot, uses two 8-pin power connectors, and suggests a 600 W PSU.

Dimensions: The T1000 measures 156 mm (6.1 inches) in length and 69 mm (2.7 inches) in height. The RTX 2080 Ti measures 267 mm (10.5 inches) in length, 116 mm (4.6 inches) in height, and 35 mm (1.4 inches) in width.

Display outputs: The T1000 has 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a. The RTX 2080 Ti has 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, and 1x USB Type-C.

APIs: The T1000 supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The RTX 2080 Ti supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The DirectX 12_2 support on the RTX 2080 Ti is the higher tier.

Release dates: The RTX 2080 Ti launched September 19, 2018. The T1000 launched May 5, 2021. The RTX 2080 Ti has a launch MSRP of 999 USD. The T1000 has no recorded launch MSRP.

Architecture Differences

Both cards use NVIDIA's Turing architecture and are manufactured on TSMC's 12 nm process. That is where the similarities end.

The T1000 uses the TU117 chip, a small Turing die measuring 200 mm² with 4,700 million transistors, giving a transistor density of 23.5M per mm². The RTX 2080 Ti uses the TU102 chip, a much larger die measuring 754 mm² with 18,600 million transistors, giving a transistor density of 24.7M per mm². The RTX 2080 Ti's die is 3.77 times larger and contains 3.96 times more transistors.

The T1000 belongs to the Quadro Turing generation (Tx000), while the RTX 2080 Ti belongs to the GeForce 20 generation. This lineage difference matters for intended use: the T1000 is a workstation card, the RTX 2080 Ti is a consumer desktop card.

The most significant architectural divergence is the presence of RT cores and tensor cores on the RTX 2080 Ti. The T1000 lists none. This means the RTX 2080 Ti can accelerate ray tracing and AI/neural network workloads in hardware, while the T1000 would have to rely on software or simply lack those capabilities.

The RTX 2080 Ti's memory architecture is also fundamentally wider. A 352-bit bus versus 128-bit means the RTX 2080 Ti can move data across 2.75 times more lanes. Combined with a higher memory clock, this produces the 616.0 GB/s versus 160.0 GB/s bandwidth gap.

Power architecture is radically different. The T1000 is designed for minimal power draw, 50 W, and needs no external power connectors. The RTX 2080 Ti draws 250 W and requires two 8-pin connectors. The suggested PSU scales accordingly: 250 W versus 600 W.

Neither card has a game clock listed, and both are end-of-life. The T1000's successor is Workstation Ampere, while the RTX 2080 Ti's successor is GeForce 30.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 2080 Ti wins every performance category in the database. It wins in raw compute, memory bandwidth, pixel throughput, texture throughput, FP16 performance, and both Geekbench tests. It has 4.9 times the shading units, 4.9 times the TMUs, and 2.75 times the ROPs. It has 11 GB versus 4 GB of memory. It has hardware ray tracing and tensor cores. Its pixel rate is 136.0 GPixel/s versus 44.64 GPixel/s, and its texture rate is 420.2 GTexel/s versus 78.12 GTexel/s.

The T1000 wins in efficiency and physical design. Its TDP of 50 W is one-fifth of the RTX 2080 Ti's 250 W. It needs no power connectors, fits in a single slot, and measures 156 mm long versus 267 mm. It is a fraction of the size and power draw. Its higher percentile rank, 80th versus 75th, reflects its position in the overall database distribution, though this does not translate to winning any direct benchmark.

Use cases for the RTX 2080 Ti include high-resolution gaming, ray-traced workloads, large dataset processing (11 GB memory), AI inference (544 tensor cores), and any task where FP32 or FP16 compute is the bottleneck. Its DirectX 12 Ultimate support also enables the latest graphics features.

Use cases for the T1000 include low-power workstations, compact systems, multi-display setups (4x mini-DisplayPort), and tasks where space and thermals are constrained. Its 50 W draw means it can run without auxiliary power, making it suitable for small form factor builds. Its 4 GB memory and 128-bit bus limit it to lighter workloads.

The data suggests a clear division: the RTX 2080 Ti is for performance, the T1000 is for minimal footprint and power. No benchmark in the database shows the T1000 winning any compute test against the RTX 2080 Ti. The wins column is 0 for the T1000 and 2 for the RTX 2080 Ti. The T1000's value lies entirely outside raw speed, in its physical and electrical characteristics.