Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 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
152
98
87
65
107
67
53
36
The Witcher 3
172
140
103
55
115
96
69
37
Counter-Strike 2
253
199
137
80
170
126
92
45
Far Cry 6
133
122
98
59
88
78
63
32
Hogwarts Legacy
101
83
64
34
61
50
38
19
COD Modern Warfare 3
126
117
88
56
76
66
46
31
Ghost of Tsushima
93
75
61
34
58
46
34
17
Cyberpunk 2077
109
95
63
27
62
59
32
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
174
156
116
63
102
91
66
32
Avg FPS
1080p High14693
1080p Ultra12175
1440p Ultra9155
4K Ultra5329
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
14202
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
8193
Time Spy146608326
Solar Bay6426637029
Port Royal91094708
Fire Strike3566820182
Night Raid11485771905
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
144745
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
94459
Background Blur211 frames/s153.5 frames/s
Face Detection141.3 frames/s90 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.24 Gpix/sec4.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.1 Gpix/sec5.77 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.22 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.46 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching627.3 Gpix/sec385.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics16980.5 fps12770 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
21611
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
13262
G2D Mark928589
DirectX 11190 fps110 fps
DirectX 1284 fps58 fps
GPU Compute10244 Ops/s5759 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
165.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
100.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)776.4 fps537.5 fps
Car Chase675.9 fps465 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)655.7 fps398.2 fps
T-Rex3193.1 fps1964.8 fps
ALU 24775.9 fps2748.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2278.9 fps256.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation4776.12932.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 27, 2018 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU102 GA106 (GN20-E3)
Price 999 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1350 MHz 816-1387 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1545 MHz 1283-1703 MHz
Shader Units 4352 3840
TMUs 272 120
ROPs 88 48
Execution Units 68 30
Ray Tracing Cores 68 30
Tensor Cores 544 120
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 5632 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 136 Gpix/sec 62-82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 420 GTex/s 154-204 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.4 TFLOPS 9.9-13.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 60-140 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 754 mm² 300 mm²
Transistor count 18 billion 13.25 billion
Transistor density 23.87 MTr/mm² 44.17 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 352 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 11 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
616 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
336 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
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 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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