NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
• Around 11% higher core clock speed: 817 MHz vs 735 MHz
• Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1282 MHz vs 1095 MHz
• Around 30% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2944
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
• 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 150 Watt
• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13253 vs 12935
• Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 589 vs 519
• Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 330.903 vs 297.996
• Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 26.167 vs 22.75
• Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21278 vs 19139
• Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21278 vs 19139

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

• 8x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
• Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 84332 vs 78982
• Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3676.805 vs 3461.767
• Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 162.692 vs 143.293
• Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1116.69 vs 979.608
• 4.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7784 vs 1821

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	13253 12935
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	589 519
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	78982 84332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	330.903 297.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3461.767 3676.805
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	26.167 22.75
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	143.293 162.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	979.608 1116.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21278 19139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8913 8905
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8054 8060
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21278 19139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8913 8905
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8054 8060
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1821 7784

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