Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 2060
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 2060 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4080
- + Release year (+4)
- + VRAM (GB) (+6 GB)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+500 MHz)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+380 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + Lithography (nm) (-8 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+35,100M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+66 mm²)
- + CUDA cores (+7808)
- + TMUs (+184)
- + ROPs (+64)
- + RT cores (+46)
- + Tensor cores (+64)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+42.29 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+199.96 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+559.90 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+23.7)
- + PassMark (overall) (+10659)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+12393)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+25100)
- + Normalized score (+6.4)
B
GeForce RTX 2060
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+5 W)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4080
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 2060
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 (+4) | 2019 |
| VRAM (GB) | 12 GB (+6 GB) | 6 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2250 MHz (+500 MHz) | 1750 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 716 GB/s (+380 GB/s) | 336 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 bit (+64 bit) | 192 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 110 W | 115 W (+5 W) |
| Lithography (nm) | 4 nm (-8 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 45,900M (+35,100M) | 10,800M |
| Die size (mm²) | 379 mm² (+66 mm²) | 445 mm² |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 9,728 (+7808) | 1,920 |
| TMUs | 304 (+184) | 120 |
| ROPs | 112 (+64) | 48 |
| RT cores | 76 (+46) | 30 |
| Tensor cores | 304 (+64) | 240 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 48.74 TFLOPS (+42.29 TFLOPS) | 6.45 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 280.60 GPixel/s (+199.96 GPixel/s) | 80.64 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 761.50 GTexel/s (+559.90 GTexel/s) | 201.60 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 41.8 (+23.7) | 18.1 |
| PassMark (overall) | 24,753 (+10659) | 14,094 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 18,534 (+12393) | 6,141 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 41,431 (+25100) | 16,331 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | 71,412 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | 65,858 |
| Normalized score | 72.8 (+6.4) | 66.4 |
Only in component A
ReBAR
In both
CUDA
DLSS
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4080 | GeForce RTX 2060 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield 5 | 160 FPS | 104 FPS | +53.8% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 158 FPS | 61 FPS | +159% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Control | 157 FPS | 54 FPS | +190.7% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 290 FPS | 150 FPS | +93.3% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 149 FPS | 60 FPS | +148.3% (A) |
| Days Gone | 215 FPS | 87 FPS | +147.1% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 178 FPS | 118 FPS | +50.8% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 120 FPS | 121 FPS | 0.8% (B) |
| Far Cry 5 | 171 FPS | 96 FPS | +78.1% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 129 FPS | 52 FPS | +148.1% (A) |
| Fortnite | 270 FPS | 162 FPS | +66.7% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 230 FPS | 108 FPS | +113% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 249 FPS | 100 FPS | +149% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 165 FPS | 95 FPS | +73.7% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 171 FPS | 60 FPS | +185% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 146 FPS | 56 FPS | +160.7% (A) |
| Outriders | 151 FPS | 90 FPS | +67.8% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 170 FPS | 65 FPS | +161.5% (A) |
| Resident Evil Village | 239 FPS | 95 FPS | +151.6% (A) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 263 FPS | 122 FPS | +115.6% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 334 FPS | 111 FPS | +200.9% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 246 FPS | 74 FPS | +232.4% (A) |
| Valorant | 300 FPS | 223 FPS | +34.5% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 121 FPS | 66 FPS | +83.3% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 89 FPS | 56 FPS | +58.9% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 4080 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).