NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1710 MHz
  • Around 22% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2944
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 215 Watt
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 908
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Oct 2022 vs 20 September 2018
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Pipelines 3584 vs 2944
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt vs 215 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 908

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

  • Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • 7.5x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
  • Around 11% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1752 vs 1577
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18750 vs 15295
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1515 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1752 vs 1577
PassMark - G3D Mark 18750 vs 15295

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1577
1752
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
971
908
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15295
18750
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1577 1752
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 908
PassMark - G3D Mark 15295 18750
Geekbench - OpenCL 105219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6293

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA106 TU104
Launch date 12 Oct 2022 20 September 2018
Place in performance rating 82 105
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Price now $749.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 32.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1710 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 1515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Pipelines 3584 2944
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 215 Watt
Transistor count 12000 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
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 242 mm, 9.5 inches 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 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 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 240.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6