GeForce 20 series

GeForce 20 series
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition released in 2018
Release date
  • September 20, 2018; 6 years ago (September 20, 2018)
  • July 9, 2019; 5 years ago (July 9, 2019) (Super refresh)
DiscontinuedNovember 28, 2022; 22 months ago (November 28, 2022)[1]
Manufactured byTSMC
Designed byNvidia
Marketed byNvidia
CodenameTU10x
Architecture
ModelsGeForce RTX series
Transistors
  • 10.8B (TU106)
  • 13.6B (TU104)
  • 18.6B (TU102)
Fabrication processTSMC 12 nm (FinFET)
Cards
Entry-level
  • GeForce RTX 2050
Mid-range
  • GeForce RTX 2060
  • GeForce RTX 2060 (12 GB)
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
High-end
  • GeForce RTX 2070
  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super[2]
  • GeForce RTX 2080
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super[3]
Enthusiast
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti[4]
  • Nvidia Titan RTX
API support
DirectXDirect3D 12.0 (feature level 12_2)
Shader Model 6.8
OpenCLOpenCL 3.0[5][a]
OpenGLOpenGL 4.6[6]
VulkanVulkan 1.3[7]
History
PredecessorGeForce 10 series
VariantGeForce 16 series
SuccessorGeForce 30 series
Support status
Supported

The GeForce 20 series is a family of graphics processing units developed by Nvidia.[8] Serving as the successor to the GeForce 10 series,[9] the line started shipping on September 20, 2018,[10] and after several editions, on July 2, 2019, the GeForce RTX Super line of cards was announced.[11]

The 20 series marked the introduction of Nvidia's Turing microarchitecture, and the first generation of RTX cards,[12] the first in the industry to implement hardware-enabled real-time ray tracing in a consumer product.[13] In a departure from Nvidia's usual strategy, the 20 series has no entry-level range, leaving it to the 16 series to cover this segment of the market.[14]

These cards are succeeded by the GeForce 30 series, powered by the Ampere microarchitecture, which first launched in 2020.[15]

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  2. ^ "Introducing NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Graphics Card". NVIDIA. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition Graphics Card". NVIDIA. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  4. ^ "Graphics Reinvented: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Graphics Card". NVIDIA. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  5. ^ "OpenCL Driver Support | NVIDIA Developer". developer.nvidia.com. NVIDIA. April 24, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  6. ^ "OpenGL Driver Support | NVIDIA Developer". developer.nvidia.com. NVIDIA. August 19, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  7. ^ "Vulkan Driver Support | NVIDIA Developer". developer.nvidia.com. NVIDIA. February 10, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  8. ^ "GeForce RTX 2080 launch live blog: Nvidia's Gamescom press conference as it happens". TechRadar. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  9. ^ Samit Sarkar. "Nvidia unveils powerful new RTX 2070, RTX 2080, RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards". Polygon. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  10. ^ "Nvidia's new RTX 2080, 2080 Ti video cards shipped on Sept 20, 2018, starting at $799". Ars Technica. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
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  14. ^ "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 16 Series Graphics Card". NVIDIA. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  15. ^ "GeForce RTX 30 Series Graphics Card Overview". NVIDIA. Retrieved November 3, 2022.


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