RTX 3080 Mobile vs RTX 2060 Mobile Refresh

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot rated85
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameTU106BGN20-E7 GA104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date29 January 2019 (5 years old)12 January 2021 (3 years old)

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores19206144
Core clock speedno data780 - 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1560 MHz1245 - 1710 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate187.2296.6

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile Refresh and GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB16 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed11 GB/s14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth264.0 GB/s384.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.21.2
CUDA7.58.6

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 29 January 2019 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 150 Watt

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile Refresh
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