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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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. 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

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
• Around 80% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 735 MHz
• Around 62% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1095 MHz
• Around 22% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2944
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
• Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 12983
• Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 522
• Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 84332
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4021.382 vs 3676.805
• Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 28.778 vs 22.75
• Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 188.944 vs 162.692
• Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1152.664 vs 1116.69
• Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 19139
• Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 19139

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

• Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 170 Watt
• 6.4x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
• 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8905 vs 3717
• 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8060 vs 3356
• 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8905 vs 3717
• 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8060 vs 3356
• 4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7784 vs 1960

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	17107 12983
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	971 522
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	88251 84332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	299.369 297.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4021.382 3676.805
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	28.778 22.75
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	188.944 162.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1152.664 1116.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	22495 19139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 8905
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 8060
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	22495 19139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 8905
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 8060
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1960 7784

Compare specifications (specs)