NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 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 - 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 Ti

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 65% higher pipelines: 4864 vs 2944
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 215 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20470 vs 18784
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 904
  • Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 109075 vs 103974
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4829.953 vs 3938.377
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 35.311 vs 31.684
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27478 vs 25500
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27478 vs 25500
  • Around 7% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 11689 vs 10935
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 vs 20 September 2018
Pipelines 4864 vs 2944
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt vs 215 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 20470 vs 18784
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 vs 904
Geekbench - OpenCL 109075 vs 103974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4829.953 vs 3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.311 vs 31.684
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 vs 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 vs 25500
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11689 vs 10935

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 1410 MHz
  • Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1665 MHz
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 326.494 vs 323.141
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 159.275 vs 150.943
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1506.874 vs 1477.456
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6966 vs 3717
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6293 vs 3360
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6966 vs 3717
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6293 vs 3360
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1515 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed 1710 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 326.494 vs 323.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 159.275 vs 150.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1506.874 vs 1477.456
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6966 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6293 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6966 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6293 vs 3360

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
20470
18784
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
989
904
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
109075
103974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
323.141
326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4829.953
3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.311
31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
150.943
159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1477.456
1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27478
25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
11689
10935
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark - G3D Mark 20470 18784
PassMark - G2D Mark 989 904
Geekbench - OpenCL 109075 103974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 323.141 326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4829.953 3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 35.311 31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 150.943 159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1477.456 1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27478 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27478 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11689 10935

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA104 TU104
Launch date 1 Dec 2020 20 September 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $699
Place in performance rating 99 100
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $749.99
Value for money (0-100) 32.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1665 MHz 1710 MHz
Core clock speed 1410 MHz 1515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 16.20 TFLOPS
Pipelines 4864 2944
Pixel fill rate 133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 253.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 215 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 13,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6