NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1440 MHz
3.8x more pipelines: 8704 vs 2304
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25320 vs 12354
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1041 vs 601
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 34537 vs 18604
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 34537 vs 18604
2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 17706 vs 7453

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Sep 2020 vs 29 January 2019
Core clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Pipelines	8704 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	25320 vs 12354
PassMark - G2D Mark	1041 vs 601
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	34537 vs 18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	34537 vs 18604
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	17706 vs 7453

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 320 Watt
11.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8898 vs 3716
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8029 vs 3356
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8898 vs 3716
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8029 vs 3356

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 320 Watt
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8898 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8029 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8898 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8029 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

25320

12354

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1041

601

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

34537

18604

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

8898

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

8029

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

34537

18604

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

8898

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

8029

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

17706

7453

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark	25320	12354
PassMark - G2D Mark	1041	601
Geekbench - OpenCL	167693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6022.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2381.93
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	34537	18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716	8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	8029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	34537	18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716	8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	8029
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	17706	7453

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA102	TU106
Launch date	1 Sep 2020	29 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$699
Place in performance rating	52	128
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Price now		$489.99
Value for money (0-100)		49.06
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	1440 MHz
Core clock speed	1440 MHz	1215 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	29.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8704	2304
Pixel fill rate	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	10,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	10 GB
Memory bandwidth	760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	320 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6