Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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
186
129
117
86
107
67
53
36
The Witcher 3
202
173
123
67
115
96
69
37
Counter-Strike 2
272
215
154
85
170
126
92
45
Far Cry 6
152
144
126
77
88
78
63
32
Hogwarts Legacy
132
106
85
47
61
50
38
19
COD Modern Warfare 3
166
158
123
80
76
66
46
31
Ghost of Tsushima
116
99
81
51
58
46
34
17
Cyberpunk 2077
146
130
89
42
62
59
32
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
236
220
169
92
102
91
66
32
Avg FPS
1080p High17993
1080p Ultra15375
1440p Ultra11955
4K Ultra7029
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
8193
Time Spy196308326
Solar Bay9648937029
Port Royal132614708
Fire Strike4789220182
Night Raid14378871905
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
94459
Background Blur239.8 frames/s153.5 frames/s
Face Detection156.8 frames/s90 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.8 Gpix/sec4.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection14.8 Gpix/sec5.77 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.9 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.53 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching889.6 Gpix/sec385.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics26054.6 fps12770 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
13262
G2D Mark1088589
DirectX 11223 fps110 fps
DirectX 12111 fps58 fps
GPU Compute15428 Ops/s5759 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
100.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fps537.5 fps
Car Chase860.8 fps465 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.2 fps398.2 fps
T-Rex3834.2 fps1964.8 fps
ALU 26702 fps2748.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2296.1 fps256.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6622.82932.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 3, 2021 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Ampere
Codename GA102 GA106 (GN20-E3)
Price 1199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 816-1387 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1665 MHz 1283-1703 MHz
Shader Units 10240 3840
TMUs 320 120
ROPs 112 48
Execution Units 80 30
Ray Tracing Cores 80 30
Tensor Cores 320 120
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 6000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 186 Gpix/sec 62-82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 533 GTex/s 154-204 GTex/s
FLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS 9.9-13.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 350 W 60-140 W
Process Samsung Samsung
Process tech. 8 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 628 mm² 300 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 13.25 billion
Transistor density 44.59 MTr/mm² 44.17 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1188 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 384 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 MB/s 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 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 8.6 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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