Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
172
140
103
55
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
253
199
137
80
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
133
122
98
59
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
101
83
64
34
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
126
117
88
56
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
93
75
61
34
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
109
95
63
27
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
174
156
116
63
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p High146126
1080p Ultra121103
1440p Ultra9177
4K Ultra5344
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
14202
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spy1466011708
Solar Bay6426654344
Port Royal91096969
Fire Strike3566829561
Night Raid114857109366
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
144745
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur211 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection141.3 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.24 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.1 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.22 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.46 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching627.3 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics16980.5 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
21611
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark928988
DirectX 11190 fps163 fps
DirectX 1284 fps79 fps
GPU Compute10244 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
165.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)776.4 fps733.4 fps
Car Chase675.9 fps614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)655.7 fps523.6 fps
T-Rex3193.1 fps2676.1 fps
ALU 24775.9 fps3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2278.9 fps282.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation4776.13670

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 27, 2018 December, 2, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU102 GA104
Price 999 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 1350 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1545 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 4352 4864
TMUs 272 152
ROPs 88 80
Execution Units 68 38
Ray Tracing Cores 68 38
Tensor Cores 544 152
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 5632 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 136 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 420 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.4 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 200 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 754 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 18 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 23.87 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 352 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 11 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
616 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 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 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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1 (33.33%)
2 (66.67%)
Total Votes: 3

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