Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 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
177
117
109
80
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
198
164
117
63
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
274
206
149
81
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
151
139
118
74
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
122
98
78
44
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
161
151
113
75
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
109
91
75
43
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
136
122
81
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
218
203
156
84
Avg FPS
1080p High86172
1080p Ultra69143
1440p Ultra50111
4K Ultra2864
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
19053
Time Spy757118871
Solar Bay3417985594
Port Royal413411826
Fire Strike1976841295
Night Raid84918148912
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
170767
Background Blur144.4 frames/s328.9 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s192.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec6.51 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec9.11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec660.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps20765.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
24961
G2D Mark747929
DirectX 11110 fps246 fps
DirectX 1253 fps96 fps
GPU Compute5513 Ops/s11246 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
213.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fps1101.6 fps
Car Chase423 fps936.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fps792.3 fps
T-Rex1884.9 fps4060.5 fps
ALU 22192.3 fps6712.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fps289.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2405.17042.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 15, 2019 February, 8, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Turing Ada Lovelace
Codename TU106 AD104 (GN21-X9)
Price 349 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 1290-1860 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 1665-2280 MHz
Shader Units 1920 7424
TMUs 120 232
ROPs 48 80
Execution Units 30 58
Ray Tracing Cores 30 58
Tensor Cores 240 232
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 48000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 133-182 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 386-529 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 24.7-33.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 160 W 60-175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 295 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 35.8 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 121.36 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2250 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 18000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
432 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 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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