Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
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
132
86
75
52
The Witcher 3
122
97
72
39
155
126
91
49
Counter-Strike 2
177
131
93
44
226
167
124
66
Far Cry 6
90
81
62
34
114
104
86
46
Hogwarts Legacy
66
54
38
20
89
71
56
27
COD Modern Warfare 3
78
70
51
32
109
99
69
44
Ghost of Tsushima
61
46
36
21
81
68
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
66
61
34
17
92
84
51
25
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
105
96
65
37
140
134
95
54
Avg FPS
1080p High97126
1080p Ultra78104
1440p Ultra5677
4K Ultra3144
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
8304
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
11842
Time Spy873812006
Solar Bay3865150424
Port Royal50617203
Fire Strike2253429079
Night Raid9207381866
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
92186
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
128827
Background Blur155.7 frames/s211 frames/s
Face Detection93.7 frames/s123.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.81 Gpix/sec5.78 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.91 Gpix/sec8.03 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.89 Gpix/sec6.25 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.09 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching381.7 Gpix/sec543.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10550.4 fps17774.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
16478
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
16402
G2D Mark856638
DirectX 11130 fps146 fps
DirectX 1261 fps73 fps
GPU Compute6758 Ops/s7335 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
104.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
139.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)504.3 fps710.4 fps
Car Chase452.3 fps610.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)394.6 fps516.4 fps
T-Rex1932.3 fps2609 fps
ALU 22370.8 fps3715.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2279.9 fps253.4 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2410.63938

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 9, 2019 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU106 GA104 (GN20-E7)
Price 399 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1470 MHz 780-1350 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1650 MHz 1245-1710 MHz
Shader Units 2176 6144
TMUs 136 192
ROPs 64 96
Execution Units 34 48
Ray Tracing Cores 34 48
Tensor Cores 272 192
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 106 Gpix/sec 120-164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 224 GTex/s 239-328 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 15.3-21 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 175 W 80-165 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 17.4 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 44.39 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1500-1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8-16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 2

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