NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR6

Memory

1920

Cores

336 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 2060

N/A Jan 2019 View Details

nvidia

Brand

10GB GDDR6X

Memory

8704

Cores

760.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3080

N/A Aug 2020 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

6GB GDDR6 160W N/A Jan 2019

GeForce RTX 2060

$349 • Jan 2019

GeForce RTX 3080

$699 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

10GB GDDR6X 320W N/A Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Memory Size	6 GB	10 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	160 W	320 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1680 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	336 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Process Size	12nm	8nm
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shading Units	1920	8704
RT Cores	30	68
TMUs	120	272
ROPs	48	96
Memory Bus	192-bit	320-bit
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	80.64 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	336 GTexel/s	760.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	6.451 GFLOPS	29.77 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	3.00 MB	5.00 MB
Die Size	445 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	10800 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	450 W	700 W
Power Connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	Samsung

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

7379

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

19022 (+158%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

78934

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

161903 (+105%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

89.8 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

211.5 FPS (+136%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

14122

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

25153 (+78%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (121 benchmarks)

King's Bounty II

8 2021 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy • Fulqrum Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+40%)

AVG 154 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+97%)

AVG 154 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+135%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

HUMANKIND

8.3 2021 • Strategy • AMPLITUDE Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+99%)

AVG 161 FPS

MIN 140 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+113%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+126%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Forgotten City

8.5 2021 • Adventure, Indie, RPG • Modern Storyteller

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+117%)

AVG 237 FPS

MIN 173 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+129%)

AVG 181 FPS

MIN 157 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+145%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Ascent

8 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Neon Giant

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+132%)

AVG 244 FPS

MIN 216 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+160%)

AVG 164 FPS

MIN 143 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+186%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+133%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+132%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+208%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

Winner

Loser

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 • Strategy • Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+135%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+141%)

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+147%)

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

Winner

Loser

Demon Skin

8.2 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Ludus future

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+141%)

AVG 241 FPS

MIN 228 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+148%)

AVG 151 FPS

MIN 144 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+162%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Wins!

Based on 121 benchmarks across 30 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

+132.8%

123

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080