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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
38 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5080
vs
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
108
65
55
38
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
122
97
72
39
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
177
131
93
44
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
90
81
62
34
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
66
54
38
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
78
70
51
32
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
61
46
36
21
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
66
61
34
17
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
105
96
65
37
Avg FPS
1080p High23897
1080p Ultra20378
1440p Ultra16356
4K Ultra9731
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
8304
Time Spy330578738
Solar Bay15490838651
Port Royal231635061
Fire Strike7499422534
Night Raid20040992073
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
92186
Background Blur319.6 frames/s155.7 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s93.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec3.81 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec4.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec4.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.09 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec381.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps10550.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
16478
G2D Mark1396856
DirectX 11322 fps130 fps
DirectX 12148 fps61 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s6758 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
104.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps504.3 fps
Car Chasen/a452.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a394.6 fps
T-Rexn/a1932.3 fps
ALU 2n/a2370.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a279.9 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a2410.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15441n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)47173n/a
Horizon Detection43223n/a
Face Detection (HP)92863n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)202202n/a
Text Classification (SP)3701n/a
Machine Translation (HP)7905n/a
Object Detection (SP)20955n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)69068n/a
Style Transfer (SP)349205n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 July, 9, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Turing
Codename GB203-400 TU106
Price n/a 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1470 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 1650 MHz
Shader Units 10752 2176
TMUs 336 136
ROPs 112 64
Execution Units 84 34
Ray Tracing Cores 84 34
Tensor Cores 336 272
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 106 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 224 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 360 W 175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 7.5
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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