NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 2.1x more pipelines: 6144 vs 2944
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 215 Watt
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 371.785 vs 326.494
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 190.723 vs 159.275
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 26295 vs 25500
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 9367 vs 6966
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8604 vs 6293
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 26295 vs 25500
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 9367 vs 6966
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8604 vs 6293
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 20 September 2018
Pipelines 6144 vs 2944
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 215 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 371.785 vs 326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 190.723 vs 159.275
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26295 vs 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 9367 vs 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8604 vs 6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26295 vs 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 9367 vs 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8604 vs 6293

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

  • Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 1110 MHz
  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1545 MHz
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3938.377 vs 3552.807
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 31.684 vs 31.212
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1506.874 vs 1422.602
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1515 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Boost clock speed 1710 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3938.377 vs 3552.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 31.684 vs 31.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1506.874 vs 1422.602

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
371.785
326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3552.807
3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31.212
31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
190.723
159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1422.602
1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26295
25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9367
6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8604
6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26295
25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9367
6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8604
6293
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 371.785 326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3552.807 3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 31.212 31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 190.723 159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1422.602 1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26295 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 9367 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8604 6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26295 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 9367 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8604 6293
PassMark - G3D Mark 18798
PassMark - G2D Mark 905
Geekbench - OpenCL 103974
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10935

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA104 TU104
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 20 September 2018
Place in performance rating 97 100
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Price now $749.99
Value for money (0-100) 32.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1545 MHz 1710 MHz
Core clock speed 1110 MHz 1515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 296.6 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 18.98 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 18.98 TFLOPS
Pipelines 6144 2944
Pixel fill rate 148.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 296.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 215 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 13,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready