NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 68% higher core clock speed: 1237 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1492 MHz vs 1080 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 80 Watt
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 852 vs 572

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jul 2022 vs 2 Apr 2020
Core clock speed	1237 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 80 Watt
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	852 vs 572

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

Around 74% higher texture fill rate: 207.4 GTexel/s vs 119.4 GTexel/s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2560
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13617 vs 10701
Around 64% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 93962 vs 57239
Around 72% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8346 vs 4851

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	207.4 GTexel/s vs 119.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3072 vs 2560
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13617 vs 10701
Geekbench - OpenCL	93962 vs 57239
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8346 vs 4851

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

852

572

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10701

13617

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57239

93962

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4851

8346

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	852	572
PassMark - G3D Mark	10701	13617
Geekbench - OpenCL	57239	93962
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851	8346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA107	TU104B
Launch date	6 Jul 2022	2 Apr 2020
Place in performance rating	128	126
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz	1080 MHz
Core clock speed	1237 MHz	735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	2560	3072
Pixel fill rate	47.74 GPixel/s	69.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s	207.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	8700 million	13600 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		207.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		13.27 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		6.636 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width		Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	352.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6