Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3080 vs GeForce RTX 2050
GeForce RTX 3080 vs GeForce RTX 2050 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3080
- + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+648 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+256 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+70 W)
- + Transistors (M) (+19,600M)
- + CUDA cores (+6656)
- + TMUs (+208)
- + ROPs (+64)
- + RT cores (+36)
- + Tensor cores (+208)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+25.04 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+124.36 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+385.42 GTexel/s)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+7531)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+18229)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+122735)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+102146)
- + Normalized score (+27.6)
B
GeForce RTX 2050
- + Die size (mm²) (+428 mm²)
- + Energy efficiency (+3.7)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3080
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 2050
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 | 2021 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB (+4 GB) | 4 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 760 GB/s (+648 GB/s) | 112 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 320 bit (+256 bit) | 64 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W (+70 W) | 45 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 28,300M (+19,600M) | 8,700M |
| Die size (mm²) | 628 mm² | 200 mm² (+428 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | 735 MHz |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | 1245 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 8,704 (+6656) | 2,048 |
| TMUs | 272 (+208) | 64 |
| ROPs | 96 (+64) | 32 |
| RT cores | 68 (+36) | 32 |
| Tensor cores | 272 (+208) | 64 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 29.77 TFLOPS (+25.04 TFLOPS) | 4.73 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 164.20 GPixel/s (+124.36 GPixel/s) | 39.84 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 465.10 GTexel/s (+385.42 GTexel/s) | 79.68 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 26.0 | 29.6 (+3.7) |
| PassMark (overall) | 16,075 | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 10,752 (+7531) | 3,221 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 27,194 (+18229) | 8,965 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 167,014 (+122735) | 44,279 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 145,176 (+102146) | 43,030 |
| Normalized score | 82.8 (+27.6) | 55.2 |
Only in component A
ray_tracing
In both
CUDA
DLSS
ReBAR
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3080 | GeForce RTX 2050 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Plague Tale Requiem | 59 FPS | 21 FPS | +181% (A) |
| Alan Wake 2 | 55 FPS | 14 FPS | +292.9% (A) |
| Alan Wake Remastered | 95 FPS | 50 FPS | +90% (A) |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | 89 FPS | 25 FPS | +256% (A) |
| Assassin´s Creed Valhalla | 72 FPS | 21 FPS | +242.9% (A) |
| Atlas Fallen | 117 FPS | 43 FPS | +172.1% (A) |
| Atomic Heart | 85 FPS | 30 FPS | +183.3% (A) |
| Avatar Frontiers of Pandora | 60 FPS | 12 FPS | +400% (A) |
| Back 4 Blood | 235 FPS | 66 FPS | +256.1% (A) |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 90 FPS | 30 FPS | +200% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 130 FPS | ≈ 70 FPS | +85.7% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | ≈ 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Black Ops 6 | 74 FPS | 25 FPS | +196% (A) |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 | 106 FPS | 18 FPS | +488.9% (A) |
| Company of Heroes 3 | 114 FPS | 27 FPS | +322.2% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 212 FPS | ≈ 74 FPS | +186.5% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 169 FPS | 46 FPS | +267.4% (A) |
| Crysis Remastered | 79 FPS | 25 FPS | +216% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 121 FPS | 18 FPS | +572.2% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 83 FPS | 19 FPS | +336.8% (A) |
| Days Gone | 126 FPS | 45 FPS | +180% (A) |
| Dead Island 2 | 158 FPS | 31 FPS | +409.7% (A) |
| Dead Space Remake | 73 FPS | 20 FPS | +265% (A) |
| Death Stranding | 84 FPS | 50 FPS | +68% (A) |
| Deathloop | 113 FPS | 30 FPS | +276.7% (A) |
| Diablo 4 | 181 FPS | 39 FPS | +364.1% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 134 FPS | 71 FPS | +88.7% (A) |
| Dragon's Dogma 2 | 57 FPS | 15 FPS | +280% (A) |
| Dying Light 2 | 87 FPS | 24 FPS | +262.5% (A) |
| EA Sports WRC | 88 FPS | 20 FPS | +340% (A) |
| Elden Ring | 59 FPS | 39 FPS | +51.3% (A) |
| Elex 2 | 88 FPS | 32 FPS | +175% (A) |
| Enshrouded | 55 FPS | 24 FPS | +129.2% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 120 FPS | 70 FPS | +71.4% (A) |
| F1 2021 | 156 FPS | 66 FPS | +136.4% (A) |
| F1 22 | 195 FPS | 55 FPS | +254.5% (A) |
| F1 23 | 184 FPS | 37 FPS | +397.3% (A) |
| F1 24 | 176 FPS | 49 FPS | +259.2% (A) |
| FIFA 23 | 128 FPS | 40 FPS | +220% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 129 FPS | 35 FPS | +268.6% (A) |
| Far Cry 6 | 65 FPS | 43 FPS | +51.2% (A) |
| Farming Simulator 22 | 165 FPS | 63 FPS | +161.9% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 56 FPS | 25 FPS | +124% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XVI | 61 FPS | 15 FPS | +306.7% (A) |
| Fortnite | 160 FPS | ≈ 95 FPS | +68.4% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 194 FPS | ≈ 70 FPS | +177.1% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 152 FPS | 53 FPS | +186.8% (A) |
| GRID Legends | 131 FPS | 61 FPS | +114.8% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | ≈ 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 137 FPS | 74 FPS | +85.1% (A) |
| Gears Tactics | 136 FPS | 55 FPS | +147.3% (A) |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 71 FPS | 19 FPS | +273.7% (A) |
| Ghostwire Tokyo | 149 FPS | 51 FPS | +192.2% (A) |
| God of War | 91 FPS | 29 FPS | +213.8% (A) |
| God of War Ragnarök | 95 FPS | 32 FPS | +196.9% (A) |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 124 FPS | 47 FPS | +163.8% (A) |
| Halo Infinite | 101 FPS | 41 FPS | +146.3% (A) |
| Helldivers 2 | 86 FPS | 19 FPS | +352.6% (A) |
| High On Life | 133 FPS | 35 FPS | +280% (A) |
| Hitman 3 | 131 FPS | 59 FPS | +122% (A) |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 77 FPS | 26 FPS | +196.2% (A) |
| Horizon Forbidden West | 63 FPS | 15 FPS | +320% (A) |
| Hunt Showdown | 110 FPS | 54 FPS | +103.7% (A) |
| Immortals of Aveum | 53 FPS | 17 FPS | +211.8% (A) |
| Last Epoch | 168 FPS | 54 FPS | +211.1% (A) |
| Lies of P | 131 FPS | 29 FPS | +351.7% (A) |
| Lords of the Fallen | 66 FPS | 11 FPS | +500% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 99 FPS | 39 FPS | +153.8% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 100 FPS | ≈ 35 FPS | +185.7% (A) |
| Monster Hunter Stories 2 | 144 FPS | 90 FPS | +60% (A) |
| Need for Speed Unbound | 100 FPS | 28 FPS | +257.1% (A) |
| Outriders | 109 FPS | 34 FPS | +220.6% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | ≈ 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | ≈ 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Palworld | 97 FPS | 38 FPS | +155.3% (A) |
| Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | 307 FPS | 195 FPS | +57.4% (A) |
| Rainbow Six Extraction | 218 FPS | 66 FPS | +230.3% (A) |
| Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart | 82 FPS | 18 FPS | +355.6% (A) |
| Ready or Not | 121 FPS | 75 FPS | +61.3% (A) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 140 FPS | 17 FPS | +723.5% (A) |
| Resident Evil Village | 155 FPS | 58 FPS | +167.2% (A) |
| Returnal | 88 FPS | 21 FPS | +319% (A) |
| Riders Republic | 113 FPS | 38 FPS | +197.4% (A) |
| Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 | 36 FPS | 2 FPS | +1700% (A) |
| Serious Sam 4 | 75 FPS | 32 FPS | +134.4% (A) |
| Skull & Bones | 73 FPS | 33 FPS | +121.2% (A) |
| Sons of the Forest | 77 FPS | 34 FPS | +126.5% (A) |
| Space Marine 2 | 78 FPS | 31 FPS | +151.6% (A) |
| Spider-Man Miles Morales | 104 FPS | 32 FPS | +225% (A) |
| Star Wars Jedi Survivor | 68 FPS | 20 FPS | +240% (A) |
| Star Wars Outlaws | 40 FPS | 16 FPS | +150% (A) |
| Star Wars Squadrons | 198 FPS | 111 FPS | +78.4% (A) |
| Starfield | 52 FPS | 16 FPS | +225% (A) |
| The Finals | 152 FPS | 68 FPS | +123.5% (A) |
| The Last of Us | 76 FPS | 18 FPS | +322.2% (A) |
| The Quarry | 97 FPS | 31 FPS | +212.9% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 191 FPS | ≈ 58 FPS | +229.3% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 149 FPS | 47 FPS | +217% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 132 FPS | 19 FPS | +594.7% (A) |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 113 FPS | 38 FPS | +197.4% (A) |
| Total War Pharaoh | 134 FPS | 30 FPS | +346.7% (A) |
| Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection | 76 FPS | 13 FPS | +484.6% (A) |
| Until Dawn | 61 FPS | 15 FPS | +306.7% (A) |
| Valorant | 220 FPS | ≈ 130 FPS | +69.2% (A) |
| Vampire Bloodhunt | 238 FPS | 73 FPS | +226% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 80 FPS | 39 FPS | +105.1% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 66 FPS | 59 FPS | +11.9% (A) |
| Yakuza Like a Dragon | 112 FPS | 43 FPS | +160.5% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings. Values for GeForce RTX 2050 are model predictions (≈); GeForce RTX 3080 are direct measurements.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 3080 wins 18 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).