Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 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
196
139
127
96
The Witcher 3
172
140
103
55
218
185
131
70
Counter-Strike 2
253
199
137
80
290
218
161
86
Far Cry 6
133
122
98
59
158
148
129
81
Hogwarts Legacy
101
83
64
34
136
113
91
50
COD Modern Warfare 3
126
117
88
56
181
173
136
89
Ghost of Tsushima
93
75
61
34
124
106
91
55
Cyberpunk 2077
109
95
63
27
163
146
98
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
174
156
116
63
261
238
186
101
Avg FPS
1080p High146192
1080p Ultra121163
1440p Ultra91128
4K Ultra5375
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
14202
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24160
Time Spy1466021841
Solar Bay64266109151
Port Royal910914882
Fire Strike3566851985
Night Raid114857155722
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
144745
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
232083
Background Blur211 frames/s362.7 frames/s
Face Detection141.3 frames/s227.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.24 Gpix/sec11.3 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.1 Gpix/sec15.9 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.22 Gpix/sec12.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.46 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching627.3 Gpix/sec1080 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics16980.5 fps31024.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
21611
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
29499
G2D Mark9281227
DirectX 11190 fps241 fps
DirectX 1284 fps122 fps
GPU Compute10244 Ops/s17022 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
165.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
249 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)776.4 fps1005.1 fps
Car Chase675.9 fps897.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)655.7 fps781.7 fps
T-Rex3193.1 fps4109.9 fps
ALU 24775.9 fps7102.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2278.9 fps274.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation4776.17000.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 27, 2018 March, 29, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU102 GA102
Price 999 1999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1350 MHz 1560 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1545 MHz 1860 MHz
Shader Units 4352 10752
TMUs 272 336
ROPs 88 112
Execution Units 68 84
Ray Tracing Cores 68 84
Tensor Cores 544 336
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 208 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 420 GTex/s 625 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.4 TFLOPS 40 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 450 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 1313 MHz
Bus 352 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 11 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
616 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
1008 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 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
4 (57.14%)
3 (42.86%)
Total Votes: 7

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