Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
172
140
103
55
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
253
199
137
80
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
133
122
98
59
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
101
83
64
34
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
126
117
88
56
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
93
75
61
34
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
109
95
63
27
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
174
156
116
63
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High146179
1080p Ultra121153
1440p Ultra91119
4K Ultra5370
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
14202
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy1466019630
Solar Bay6426696489
Port Royal910913261
Fire Strike3566847892
Night Raid114857143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
144745
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur211 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection141.3 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.24 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.1 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.22 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.46 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching627.3 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics16980.5 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
21611
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark9281088
DirectX 11190 fps223 fps
DirectX 1284 fps111 fps
GPU Compute10244 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
165.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)776.4 fps1039 fps
Car Chase675.9 fps860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)655.7 fps743.2 fps
T-Rex3193.1 fps3834.2 fps
ALU 24775.9 fps6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2278.9 fps296.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation4776.16622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 27, 2018 January, 3, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU102 GA102
Price 999 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1350 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1545 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 4352 10240
TMUs 272 320
ROPs 88 112
Execution Units 68 80
Ray Tracing Cores 68 80
Tensor Cores 544 320
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 5632 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 136 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 420 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.4 TFLOPS 34.1 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 754 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 18 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 23.87 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 352 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 11 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
616 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 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 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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