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).