Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
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
188
127
118
90
The Witcher 3
150
124
88
49
207
175
126
67
Counter-Strike 2
220
166
118
65
280
212
152
82
Far Cry 6
115
102
83
48
155
145
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
86
68
51
28
131
107
84
45
COD Modern Warfare 3
106
96
68
45
172
161
124
80
Ghost of Tsushima
80
66
48
26
116
101
82
51
Cyberpunk 2077
92
79
51
23
145
131
89
43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
141
127
94
51
242
218
170
91
Avg FPS
1080p High125182
1080p Ultra101153
1440p Ultra75119
4K Ultra4369
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
11528
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Time Spy1162319900
Solar Bay5223097504
Port Royal700113633
Fire Strike2877147520
Night Raid107853139527
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
122905
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Background Blur197.1 frames/s320.8 frames/s
Face Detection110.7 frames/s207.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.03 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.5 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.05 Gpix/sec11.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.28 Gpix/sec1.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching576.8 Gpix/sec984.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15732.9 fps27764.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
19515
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
G2D Mark9211060
DirectX 11164 fps220 fps
DirectX 1275 fps110 fps
GPU Compute8363 Ops/s15547 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
130.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)636.8 fps978.4 fps
Car Chase560.8 fps854.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)518.5 fps747.4 fps
T-Rex2788.7 fps3732.1 fps
ALU 23207.7 fps6650.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2275.8 fps296 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3375.36622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 23, 2019 September, 24, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU104 GA102
Price 699 1499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1650 MHz 1395 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1815 MHz 1695 MHz
Shader Units 3072 10496
TMUs 192 328
ROPs 64 112
Execution Units 48 82
Ray Tracing Cores 48 82
Tensor Cores 384 328
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 116 Gpix/sec 190 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 348 GTex/s 556 GTex/s
FLOPS 11.2 TFLOPS 35.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 350 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 1937 MHz 1219 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15500 MB/s 19500 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
495.9 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
936.2 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 3090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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