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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super 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 9 month(s) later
  • Around 80% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 65% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1080 MHz
  • 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 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 36% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 13828
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 578
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 20344
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 20344
  • Around 3% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8783 vs 8567
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 2 Apr 2020
Core clock speed 1320 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Pipelines 3584 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 vs 13828
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 578
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 vs 20344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 vs 20344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8783 vs 8567

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

  • Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 207.4 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 93962 vs 88251
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8912 vs 3717
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8912 vs 3717
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 207.4 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 93962 vs 88251
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912 vs 3717

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17107
13828
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
971
578
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
88251
93962
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8783
8567
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 13828
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 578
Geekbench - OpenCL 88251 93962
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 20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8783 8567

Compare specifications (specs)

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

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA106 TU104B
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 2 Apr 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Place in performance rating 136 139
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1080 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) 207.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) 13.27 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS 6.636 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3584 3072
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s 69.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s 207.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 13250 million 13600 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 None
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches) Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.1
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s 352.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6