Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 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
99
62
49
35
132
86
75
52
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
155
126
91
49
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
226
167
124
66
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
114
104
86
46
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
89
71
56
27
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
109
99
69
44
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
81
68
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
92
84
51
25
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
140
134
95
54
Avg FPS
1080p High86126
1080p Ultra69104
1440p Ultra5077
4K Ultra2844
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
11842
Time Spy757112006
Solar Bay3417950424
Port Royal41347203
Fire Strike1976829079
Night Raid8491881866
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
128827
Background Blur144.4 frames/s211 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s123.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec5.78 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec8.03 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec6.25 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec543.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps17774.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
16402
G2D Mark747638
DirectX 11110 fps146 fps
DirectX 1253 fps73 fps
GPU Compute5513 Ops/s7335 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
139.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fps710.4 fps
Car Chase423 fps610.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fps516.4 fps
T-Rex1884.9 fps2609 fps
ALU 22192.3 fps3715.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fps253.4 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2405.13938

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 15, 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 349 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 780-1350 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 1245-1710 MHz
Shader Units 1920 6144
TMUs 120 192
ROPs 48 96
Execution Units 30 48
Ray Tracing Cores 30 48
Tensor Cores 240 192
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 120-164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 239-328 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 15.3-21 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 160 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 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8-16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 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

Results

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

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