NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1590 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 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 15014
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 804

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 29 January 2019
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1590 MHz
Pipelines	3584 vs 2944
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	17107 vs 15014
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 804

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 1320 MHz
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)
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22622 vs 22495
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6319 vs 3717
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5714 vs 3356
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22622 vs 22495
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6319 vs 3717
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5714 vs 3356
5.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 10073 vs 1961

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1380 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	22622 vs 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6319 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5714 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	22622 vs 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6319 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5714 vs 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	10073 vs 1961

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17107

15014

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

971

804

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

22495

22622

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

6319

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

5714

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

22495

22622

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

6319

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

5714

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1961

10073

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark	17107	15014
PassMark - G2D Mark	971	804
Geekbench - OpenCL	88251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	22495	22622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	6319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	5714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	22495	22622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	6319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	5714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1961	10073

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA106	TU104
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	29 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	134	95
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Price now		$699.99
Value for money (0-100)		37.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1590 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1380 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	2944
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	13,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)	12000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6