NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 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 3080

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1365 MHz
• Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1680 MHz
• 4.5x more pipelines: 8704 vs 1920
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
• Around 67% higher maximum memory size: 10 GB vs 6 GB
• Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24228 vs 13832
• Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 996 vs 751
• 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 181117 vs 70478
• 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 582.401 vs 220.8
• 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6745.122 vs 3131.344
• 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 53.526 vs 21.852
• Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 176.953 vs 135.725
• Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1961.892 vs 1141.283
• Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 32425 vs 20094
• Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 32425 vs 20094
• 2.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 17704 vs 7603

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

• 2x lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 320 Watt
• 11.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1188 MHz (19 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	24228 13832
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	996 751
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	181117 70478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	582.401 220.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6745.122 3131.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	53.526 21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	176.953 135.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1961.892 1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	32425 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8902 8910
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8050 8056
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	32425 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8902 8910
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8050 8056
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	17704 7603

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