nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

2944

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

$699 Sep 2018 View Details

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

10496

Cores

936.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

$1499 Aug 2020 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

8GB GDDR6 215W $699 Sep 2018

GeForce RTX 2080

$699 • Sep 2018

GeForce RTX 3090

$1499 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

24GB GDDR6X 350W $1499 Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Memory Size	8 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	215 W	350 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	1695 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/s	936.2 GB/s
Process Size	12nm	8nm
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shading Units	2944	10496
RT Cores	46	82
TMUs	184	328
ROPs	64	112
Memory Bus	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	1219 MHz
Pixel Rate	109.4 GPixel/s	189.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	448 GTexel/s	936.2 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	10.07 GFLOPS	35.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	6.00 MB
Die Size	545 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	13600 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	550 W	750 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

10843

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

21950 (+102%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

118637

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

211669 (+78%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

128.3 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

247.5 FPS (+93%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

18747

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

26671 (+42%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (108 benchmarks)

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 • Strategy • Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+73%)

AVG 161 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+81%)

AVG 134 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+78%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

Winner

Loser

Demon Skin

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+75%)

AVG 262 FPS

MIN 248 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 150 FPS

MIN 141 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+89%)

AVG 164 FPS

MIN 157 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+98%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

Mount & Blade II Bannerlord

8.5 2022 • Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy • TaleWorlds Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+30%)

AVG 200 FPS

MIN 200 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 154 FPS

MIN 131 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+71%)

AVG 192 FPS

MIN 159 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+81%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Winner

Loser

Valheim

8.3 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access • Iron Gate AB

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+54%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+92%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+89%)

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

Winner

Loser

King Arthur Knight's Tale

8.5 2021 • RPG, Strategy • NeocoreGames

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+68%)

AVG 288 FPS

MIN 269 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 171 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+76%)

AVG 218 FPS

MIN 196 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+80%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

Winner

Loser

A Total War Saga TROY

8.3 2021 • Action, Simulation, Strategy • CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac)

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+30%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+56%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3090 (+74%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Wins!

Based on 108 benchmarks across 26 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

+67.9%

128

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3090