Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
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
231
164
156
120
The Witcher 3
122
97
72
39
248
214
157
81
Counter-Strike 2
177
131
93
44
312
227
166
84
Far Cry 6
90
81
62
34
182
160
145
90
Hogwarts Legacy
66
54
38
20
164
137
106
61
COD Modern Warfare 3
78
70
51
32
215
211
172
115
Ghost of Tsushima
61
46
36
21
145
126
109
69
Cyberpunk 2077
66
61
34
17
198
171
122
57
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
105
96
65
37
287
267
200
108
Avg FPS
1080p High97220
1080p Ultra78186
1440p Ultra56148
4K Ultra3187
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
8304
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
30217
Time Spy873828170
Solar Bay38651136727
Port Royal506117959
Fire Strike2253464703
Night Raid92073183971
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
92186
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
217712
Background Blur155.7 frames/s250.4 frames/s
Face Detection93.7 frames/s190 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.81 Gpix/sec9.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.91 Gpix/sec12.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.89 Gpix/sec15.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.09 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching381.7 Gpix/sec1130 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10550.4 fps28795.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
16478
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
34516
G2D Mark8561236
DirectX 11130 fps316 fps
DirectX 1261 fps131 fps
GPU Compute6758 Ops/s20847 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
104.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
320.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)504.3 fps1476.2 fps
Car Chase452.3 fps1250 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)394.6 fps1062.9 fps
T-Rex1932.3 fps5492.1 fps
ALU 22370.8 fps9330.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2279.9 fps291.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2410.69274.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 9, 2019 September, 20, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Turing Ada Lovelace
Codename TU106 AD103
Price 399 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1470 MHz 2205 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1650 MHz 2505 MHz
Shader Units 2176 9728
TMUs 136 304
ROPs 64 112
Execution Units 34 76
Ray Tracing Cores 34 76
Tensor Cores 272 304
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 106 Gpix/sec 281 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 224 GTex/s 762 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 175 W 320 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 45 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 118.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1400 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 22400 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
716.8 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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