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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

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		18784
PassMark - G2D Mark		904
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