NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super 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

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• Around 17% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 3072
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
• Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 250 Watt
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 920
• 980.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1961 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

• Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1320 MHz
• Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1815 MHz vs 1777 MHz
• 7.5x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
• Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19514 vs 17107
• Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 115804 vs 88251
• Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 338.122 vs 299.369
• Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4571.03 vs 4021.382
• Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 31.6 vs 28.778
• Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 190.349 vs 188.944
• Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1653.08 vs 1152.664
• Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27179 vs 22495
• Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27179 vs 22495

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	17107 19514
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	971 920
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	88251 115804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	299.369 338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4021.382 4571.03
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	28.778 31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	188.944 190.349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1152.664 1653.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	22495 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	22495 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3717 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3356 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1961 2

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