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 ray_tracing

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).