nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

3072

Cores

495.9 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

$699 Jul 2019 View Details

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 Jan 2021 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

8GB GDDR6 250W $699 Jul 2019

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

$699 • Jul 2019

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $329 Jan 2021

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Memory Size	8 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	250 W	170 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1815 MHz	1777 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	495.9 GB/s	360 GB/s
Process Size	12nm	8nm
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shading Units	3072	3584
RT Cores	48	28
TMUs	192	112
ROPs	64	48
Memory Bus	256-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	1937 MHz	1875 MHz
Pixel Rate	116.2 GPixel/s	85.3 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	495.9 GTexel/s	360 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	11.15 GFLOPS	12.74 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	3.00 MB
Die Size	545 mm²	276 mm²
Transistors	13600 Million	12000 Million
Required PSU	600 W	450 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 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

11524 (+28%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

8993

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

122905 (+34%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

91603

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

130.7 FPS (+19%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

109.4 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

19525 (+16%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

16870

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (467 benchmarks)

ARK Survival Ascended

7 2023 • Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Early Access • Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games, Instinct Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+40%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+78%)

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+150%)

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 7 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

AVG 4 FPS

MIN 3 FPS

Winner

Loser

Witchfire

8.5 2023 • Action, Early Access • The Astronauts

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+10%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+17%)

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+13%)

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Talos Principle 2

7.2 2023 • Action, Adventure • Croteam

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+17%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+9%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+13%)

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

Forza Motorsport

7.7 2023 • Racing • Turn 10

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+20%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+86%)

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+133%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Crew Motorfest

7 2023 • Racing • Ubisoft Ivory Tower

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+20%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+19%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Winner

Loser

Daymare 1994 Sandcastle

8 2023 • Action • Invader Studios

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+15%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+22%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (+15%)

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

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