Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 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
125
80
68
50
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
143
118
86
47
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
207
155
118
62
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
110
99
79
46
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
80
68
52
26
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
98
92
64
41
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
77
61
44
27
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
86
79
46
21
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
132
119
88
48
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High11860
1080p Ultra9747
1440p Ultra7232
4K Ultra4116
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
10851
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy110834880
Solar Bay5000221611
Port Royal6458552
Fire Strike2767012529
Night Raid10044153232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
118637
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur191.8 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection115.9 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.74 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.2 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.56 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.3 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching499.7 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15858.8 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
18751
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark908486
DirectX 11157 fps73 fps
DirectX 1272 fps46 fps
GPU Compute8009 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
128.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)600.3 fps360.1 fps
Car Chase525.3 fps318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)499.8 fps261.5 fps
T-Rex2729 fps1272.8 fps
ALU 23179.7 fps1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2283.6 fps257.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3279.31731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 20, 2018 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU104 GA107
Price 699 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1515 MHz 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1710 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 2944 2048
TMUs 184 64
ROPs 64 40
Execution Units 46 16
Ray Tracing Cores 46 16
Tensor Cores 368 64
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 109 Gpix/sec 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 315 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.1 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 215 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 545 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 13 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 23.85 MTr/mm² 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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