Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
108
65
55
38
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
122
97
72
39
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
177
131
93
44
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
90
81
62
34
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
66
54
38
20
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
78
70
51
32
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
61
46
36
21
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
66
61
34
17
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
105
96
65
37
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High97168
1080p Ultra78141
1440p Ultra56108
4K Ultra3163
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
8304
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy873817662
Solar Bay3865185932
Port Royal506111595
Fire Strike2253442429
Night Raid92073132288
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
92186
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur155.7 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection93.7 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.81 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.91 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.89 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.09 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching381.7 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10550.4 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
16478
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark8561052
DirectX 11130 fps207 fps
DirectX 1261 fps100 fps
GPU Compute6758 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
104.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)504.3 fps950.5 fps
Car Chase452.3 fps809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)394.6 fps705.4 fps
T-Rex1932.3 fps3525.4 fps
ALU 22370.8 fps6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2279.9 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2410.66034.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 9, 2019 September, 1, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU106 GA102
Price 399 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1470 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1650 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 2176 8704
TMUs 136 272
ROPs 64 96
Execution Units 34 68
Ray Tracing Cores 34 68
Tensor Cores 272 272
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 5000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 106 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 224 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 175 W 320 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 256 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
760.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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