Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
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
120
75
68
45
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
139
110
78
41
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
196
151
107
53
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
105
92
73
41
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
73
62
43
22
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
91
84
58
38
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
70
58
44
22
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
79
72
45
18
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
125
112
80
41
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High111168
1080p Ultra91141
1440p Ultra66108
4K Ultra3663
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
10047
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy1017017662
Solar Bay4595885932
Port Royal603311595
Fire Strike2566142429
Night Raid102512132288
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
105349
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur166.7 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection103.3 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.21 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.56 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.58 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.17 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching489.7 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13242.9 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
18196
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark8781052
DirectX 11150 fps207 fps
DirectX 1267 fps100 fps
GPU Compute7619 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
111.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)575 fps950.5 fps
Car Chase513.3 fps809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)473.3 fps705.4 fps
T-Rex2543.8 fps3525.4 fps
ALU 22749.6 fps6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2284.1 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2924.76034.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 9, 2019 September, 1, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU104 GA102
Price 499 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1605 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1770 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 2560 8704
TMUs 160 272
ROPs 64 96
Execution Units 40 68
Ray Tracing Cores 40 68
Tensor Cores 320 272
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 5000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 113 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 283 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 215 W 320 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 545 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 13 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 23.85 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 256 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
760.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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