NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1470 MHz vs 1440 MHz
- Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 184 Watt vs 320 Watt
- Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 10 GB
- Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
- Around 82% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8026 vs 4420
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 7 Dec 2021 vs 1 Sep 2020 |
| Core clock speed | 1470 MHz vs 1440 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 184 Watt vs 320 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 12 GB vs 10 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective |
| Benchmarks | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 8026 vs 4420 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
- Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1650 MHz
- 2.1x more texture fill rate: 465.1 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
- 4x more pipelines: 8704 vs 2176
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
- Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1053 vs 850
- Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25146 vs 15977
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Boost clock speed | 1710 MHz vs 1650 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 465.1 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s |
| Pipelines | 8704 vs 2176 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm vs 12 nm |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1053 vs 850 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 25146 vs 15977 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 850 | 1053 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 15977 | 25146 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 8026 | 4420 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 167014 | |
| 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 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3716 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 34537 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3716 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Turing | Ampere |
| Code name | TU106 | GA102 |
| Launch date | 7 Dec 2021 | 1 Sep 2020 |
| Place in performance rating | 54 | 56 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | |
| Type | Desktop | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1650 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1470 MHz | 1440 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 8 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 224.4 GFLOPS (1:32) | 465.1 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 14.36 TFLOPS (2:1) | 29.77 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 7.181 TFLOPS | 29.77 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 2176 | 8704 |
| Pixel fill rate | 79.20 GPixel/s | 164.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 224.4 GTexel/s | 465.1 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 184 Watt | 320 Watt |
| Transistor count | 10800 million | 28300 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| Height | 35 mm, 1.4 inches | 40 mm, 1.6 inches |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 229 mm, 9 inches | 285 mm, 11.2 inches |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 450 Watt | 700 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Width | 113 mm, 4.4 inches | 112 mm, 4.4 inches |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.7 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 10 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 336.0 GB/s | 760.3 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 192 bit | 320 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective | 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
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