Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
231
164
156
120
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
248
214
157
81
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
312
227
166
84
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
182
160
145
90
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
164
137
106
61
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
215
211
172
115
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
145
126
109
69
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
198
171
122
57
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
287
267
200
108
Avg FPS
1080p High86220
1080p Ultra69186
1440p Ultra50148
4K Ultra2887
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
30217
Time Spy757128170
Solar Bay34179136727
Port Royal413417959
Fire Strike1976864703
Night Raid84918183971
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
217712
Background Blur144.4 frames/s250.4 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s190 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec9.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec12.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec15.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec1130 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps28795.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
34516
G2D Mark7471236
DirectX 11110 fps316 fps
DirectX 1253 fps131 fps
GPU Compute5513 Ops/s20847 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
320.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fps1476.2 fps
Car Chase423 fps1250 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fps1062.9 fps
T-Rex1884.9 fps5492.1 fps
ALU 22192.3 fps9330.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fps291.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2405.19274.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 15, 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 349 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 2205 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 2505 MHz
Shader Units 1920 9728
TMUs 120 304
ROPs 48 112
Execution Units 30 76
Ray Tracing Cores 30 76
Tensor Cores 240 304
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 281 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 762 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 160 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 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 22400 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 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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