NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 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, 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 3050 8GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1545 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 20 September 2018
Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 928 vs 918
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 21601 vs 12598

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	928 vs 918
PassMark - G3D Mark	21601 vs 12598

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

918

928

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12598

21601

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	918	928
PassMark - G3D Mark	12598	21601
Geekbench - OpenCL		134929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5461.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		41.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		174.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1987.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3537

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA106	TU102
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	20 September 2018
Place in performance rating	52	91
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Price now		$1,279.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		17.22
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1545 MHz
Core clock speed	1552 MHz	1350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560
Pixel fill rate	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	18,600 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
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 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	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6