NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 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 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1545 MHz
  • 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 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 928
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 188.944 vs 174.185
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 20 September 2018
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944 vs 174.185

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1350 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • 7.5x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 21601 vs 17107
  • Around 53% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 134929 vs 88251
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 394.035 vs 299.369
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 5461.22 vs 4021.382
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 41.104 vs 28.778
  • Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1987.605 vs 1152.664
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 23659 vs 22495
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 23659 vs 22495
  • Around 80% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3537 vs 1961
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1350 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 21601 vs 17107
Geekbench - OpenCL 134929 vs 88251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 394.035 vs 299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5461.22 vs 4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.104 vs 28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1987.605 vs 1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 23659 vs 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23659 vs 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3537 vs 1961

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17107
21601
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
971
928
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
88251
134929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
299.369
394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4021.382
5461.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.778
41.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
188.944
174.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1152.664
1987.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1961
3537
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 21601
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 928
Geekbench - OpenCL 88251 134929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 299.369 394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4021.382 5461.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 28.778 41.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944 174.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.664 1987.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1961 3537

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA106 TU102
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 20 September 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $999
Place in performance rating 134 91
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $1,279.99
Value for money (0-100) 17.22

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1545 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 1350 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
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 13250 million 18,600 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) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 2x 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 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6