NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 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 3090

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1590 MHz
3.6x more pipelines: 10496 vs 2944
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26668 vs 15014
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1060 vs 804
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 33398 vs 22622
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 33398 vs 22622

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Sep 2020 vs 29 January 2019
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz vs 1590 MHz
Pipelines	10496 vs 2944
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	26668 vs 15014
PassMark - G2D Mark	1060 vs 804
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	33398 vs 22622
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	33398 vs 22622

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 350 Watt
9.8x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6319 vs 3713
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5714 vs 3354
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6319 vs 3713
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5714 vs 3354
Around 97% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 10073 vs 5118

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6319 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5714 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6319 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5714 vs 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	10073 vs 5118

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

26668

15014

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1060

804

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

33398

22622

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3713

6319

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

5714

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

33398

22622

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3713

6319

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

5714

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5118

10073

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark	26668	15014
PassMark - G2D Mark	1060	804
Geekbench - OpenCL	191142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	690.619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	7585.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	62.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	209.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2441.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	33398	22622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713	6319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	5714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	33398	22622
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713	6319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	5714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5118	10073

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA102	TU104
Launch date	1 Sep 2020	29 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$1499
Place in performance rating	46	95
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Price now		$699.99
Value for money (0-100)		37.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1590 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	1380 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	556.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	35.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	35.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10496	2944
Pixel fill rate	189.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	556.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	13,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	138 mm (5.4 inches)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	313 mm (12.3 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin
Width	Triple-slot
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	936.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)	12000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6