Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3080 vs GeForce RTX 2060
GeForce RTX 3080 vs GeForce RTX 2060 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3080
- + Release year (+2)
- + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+424 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+17,500M)
- + CUDA cores (+6784)
- + TMUs (+152)
- + ROPs (+48)
- + RT cores (+38)
- + Tensor cores (+32)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+23.32 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+83.56 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+263.50 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+7.8)
- + PassMark (overall) (+1981)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+4611)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+10863)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+95602)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+79318)
- + Normalized score (+16.4)
B
GeForce RTX 2060
- + Die size (mm²) (+183 mm²)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3080
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 2060
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 (+2) | 2019 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB (+2 GB) | 6 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 760 GB/s (+424 GB/s) | 336 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 320 bit (+128 bit) | 192 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W | 115 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm (-4 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 28,300M (+17,500M) | 10,800M |
| Die size (mm²) | 628 mm² | 445 mm² (+183 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 8,704 (+6784) | 1,920 |
| TMUs | 272 (+152) | 120 |
| ROPs | 96 (+48) | 48 |
| RT cores | 68 (+38) | 30 |
| Tensor cores | 272 (+32) | 240 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 29.77 TFLOPS (+23.32 TFLOPS) | 6.45 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 164.20 GPixel/s (+83.56 GPixel/s) | 80.64 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 465.10 GTexel/s (+263.50 GTexel/s) | 201.60 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 26.0 (+7.8) | 18.1 |
| PassMark (overall) | 16,075 (+1981) | 14,094 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 10,752 (+4611) | 6,141 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 27,194 (+10863) | 16,331 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 167,014 (+95602) | 71,412 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 145,176 (+79318) | 65,858 |
| Normalized score | 82.8 (+16.4) | 66.4 |
Only in component A
ReBAR
In both
CUDA
DLSS
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3080 | GeForce RTX 2060 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anno 1800 | 78 FPS | 61 FPS | +27.9% (A) |
| Apex Legends | 144 FPS | 105 FPS | +37.1% (A) |
| Assassin´s Creed Odyssey | 104 FPS | 68 FPS | +52.9% (A) |
| Assassin´s Creed Valhalla | 72 FPS | 53 FPS | +35.8% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 130 FPS | 104 FPS | +25% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 95 FPS | 61 FPS | +55.7% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War | 89 FPS | 62 FPS | +43.5% (A) |
| Control | 82 FPS | 54 FPS | +51.9% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 212 FPS | 150 FPS | +41.3% (A) |
| Crysis Remastered | 79 FPS | 53 FPS | +49.1% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 121 FPS | 60 FPS | +101.7% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.0 | 68 FPS | 45 FPS | +51.1% (A) |
| Days Gone | 126 FPS | 87 FPS | +44.8% (A) |
| Death Stranding | 84 FPS | 92 FPS | 9.5% (B) |
| Dirt 5 | 62 FPS | 59 FPS | +5.1% (A) |
| Doom Eternal | 165 FPS | 112 FPS | +47.3% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 134 FPS | 118 FPS | +13.6% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 120 FPS | 121 FPS | 0.8% (B) |
| F1 2020 | 162 FPS | 126 FPS | +28.6% (A) |
| F1 2021 | 156 FPS | 126 FPS | +23.8% (A) |
| FIFA 21 | 198 FPS | 163 FPS | +21.5% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 129 FPS | 96 FPS | +34.4% (A) |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 68 FPS | 77 FPS | 13.2% (B) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 56 FPS | 52 FPS | +7.7% (A) |
| Fortnite | 160 FPS | 162 FPS | 1.3% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 194 FPS | 108 FPS | +79.6% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 152 FPS | 100 FPS | +52% (A) |
| GRID 2019 | 113 FPS | 65 FPS | +73.8% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 137 FPS | 95 FPS | +44.2% (A) |
| Gears Tactics | 136 FPS | 93 FPS | +46.2% (A) |
| Hitman 3 | 131 FPS | 105 FPS | +24.8% (A) |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 89 FPS | 67 FPS | +32.8% (A) |
| Hunt Showdown | 110 FPS | 75 FPS | +46.7% (A) |
| Immortals Fenyx Rising | 88 FPS | 54 FPS | +63% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 99 FPS | 60 FPS | +65% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 100 FPS | 56 FPS | +78.6% (A) |
| Need for Speed Heat | 94 FPS | 63 FPS | +49.2% (A) |
| Outriders | 109 FPS | 90 FPS | +21.1% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Rage 2 | 116 FPS | 73 FPS | +58.9% (A) |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 85 FPS | 51 FPS | +66.7% (A) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 140 FPS | 65 FPS | +115.4% (A) |
| Resident Evil Village | 155 FPS | 95 FPS | +63.2% (A) |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 157 FPS | 107 FPS | +46.7% (A) |
| Serious Sam 4 | 75 FPS | 58 FPS | +29.3% (A) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 165 FPS | 122 FPS | +35.2% (A) |
| Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order | 98 FPS | 66 FPS | +48.5% (A) |
| Star Wars Squadrons | 198 FPS | 173 FPS | +14.5% (A) |
| The Division 2 | 105 FPS | 74 FPS | +41.9% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 191 FPS | 111 FPS | +72.1% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 149 FPS | 74 FPS | +101.4% (A) |
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 108 FPS | 67 FPS | +61.2% (A) |
| Valorant | 220 FPS | 223 FPS | 1.4% (B) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 80 FPS | 66 FPS | +21.2% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 66 FPS | 56 FPS | +17.9% (A) |
| Yakuza Like a Dragon | 112 FPS | 72 FPS | +55.6% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 3080 wins 21 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).