NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 63% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 810 MHz
Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 966 vs 835

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 25 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 810 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	966 vs 835

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile

Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 292.3 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
2.1x more pipelines: 7424 vs 3584
Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 170 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Around 71% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 12717 vs 7434
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19726 vs 15401

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	292.3 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7424 vs 3584
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 170 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	12717 vs 7434
PassMark - G3D Mark	19726 vs 15401

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

7434

12717

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

966

835

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15401

19726

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7434	12717
PassMark - G2D Mark	966	835
PassMark - G3D Mark	15401	19726
Geekbench - OpenCL		117555

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA103
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	25 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	64	61
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1260 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	810 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	3584	7424
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	121.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	292.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		292.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		18.71 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		18.71 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
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
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6