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 ray_tracing

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).