Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
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
133
82
74
53
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
150
124
88
49
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
220
166
118
65
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
115
102
83
48
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
86
68
51
28
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
106
96
68
45
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
80
66
48
26
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
92
79
51
23
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
141
127
94
51
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High125100
1080p Ultra10180
1440p Ultra7558
4K Ultra4332
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
11528
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy116238748
Solar Bay5223040964
Port Royal70015142
Fire Strike2877122308
Night Raid10785398831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
122905
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur197.1 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection110.7 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.03 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.5 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.05 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.28 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching576.8 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15732.9 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
19515
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark921961
DirectX 11164 fps128 fps
DirectX 1275 fps69 fps
GPU Compute8363 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
130.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)636.8 fps555.5 fps
Car Chase560.8 fps492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)518.5 fps407.9 fps
T-Rex2788.7 fps1940.6 fps
ALU 23207.7 fps2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2275.8 fps295.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3375.32965.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 23, 2019 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU104 GA106
Price 699 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 1650 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1815 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 3072 3584
TMUs 192 112
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units 48 28
Ray Tracing Cores 48 28
Tensor Cores 384 112
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 116 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 348 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 11.2 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 170 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 545 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 13 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 23.85 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1937 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15500 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
495.9 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 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 2080 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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