NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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. 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) 11 month(s) later
  • 3x more pipelines: 8704 vs 2944
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25146 vs 18750
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1053 vs 908
  • Around 59% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167014 vs 105219
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 457.414 vs 326.494
  • Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6022.79 vs 3938.377
  • Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 51.221 vs 31.684
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 175.219 vs 159.275
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2381.93 vs 1506.874
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 34537 vs 25500
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 34537 vs 25500
  • 2.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4420 vs 1752
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Sep 2020 vs 20 September 2018
Pipelines 8704 vs 2944
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 25146 vs 18750
PassMark - G2D Mark 1053 vs 908
Geekbench - OpenCL 167014 vs 105219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 457.414 vs 326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6022.79 vs 3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 51.221 vs 31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 175.219 vs 159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2381.93 vs 1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 34537 vs 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 34537 vs 25500
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4420 vs 1752

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 1440 MHz
  • Around 49% lower typical power consumption: 215 Watt vs 320 Watt
  • 11.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6966 vs 3716
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6293 vs 3356
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6966 vs 3716
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6293 vs 3356
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1515 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 215 Watt vs 320 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6966 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6293 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6966 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6293 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25146
18750
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1053
908
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
167014
105219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
457.414
326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6022.79
3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
51.221
31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
175.219
159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2381.93
1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34537
25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34537
25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4420
1752
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark - G3D Mark 25146 18750
PassMark - G2D Mark 1053 908
Geekbench - OpenCL 167014 105219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 457.414 326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6022.79 3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 51.221 31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 175.219 159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2381.93 1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 34537 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 34537 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4420 1752

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA102 TU104
Launch date 1 Sep 2020 20 September 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $699
Place in performance rating 56 105
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $749.99
Value for money (0-100) 32.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1710 MHz 1710 MHz
Core clock speed 1440 MHz 1515 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 2944
Pixel fill rate 164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 320 Watt 215 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 13,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

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 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width 112 mm, 4.4 inches

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 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