Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
RTX 3060 Ti vs RTX 2080 Super
Price now
474$
Games supported
100%
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed 1650
- Max video memory 8 GB
- Memory type GDDR6
- Memory clock speed 15500
- Maximum resolution
- Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
- Core clock speed 1410
- Max video memory 8 GB
- Memory type GDDR6
- Memory clock speed 14000
- Maximum resolution
Price now
484$
Games supported
100%
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance rating | 27 | 22 |
| Value for money | 46.45 | 49.84 |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2021) | Ampere (2020−2022) |
| GPU code name | Turing TU104 | Ampere GA104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 2 July 2019 (3 years old) | 1 December 2020 (2 years old) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | $399 |
| Current price | $474 (0.7x MSRP) | $484 (1.2x MSRP) |
Value for money
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 cores | 3072 | 4864 |
| Core clock speed | 1650 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1815 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 13,600 million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 8 nm |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 250 Watt | 220 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 348.5 | 253.1 |
Size and compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 242 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
Memory
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 15500 MHz | 14000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 495.9 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | + | + |
| G-SYNC support | + | no data |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| VR Ready | + | no data |
API support
APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 7.5 | 8.6 |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
- Passmark
- 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
- 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
- 3DMark Fire Strike Score
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
- GeekBench 5 OpenCL
- 3DMark Ice Storm GPU
- GeekBench 5 Vulkan
- GeekBench 5 CUDA
- SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
- SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
- SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
- SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
- SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
- SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
- SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
- SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
- SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 24%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Super by 5% in Passmark.
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.
Benchmark coverage: 16%
GeForce RTX 2080 Super outperforms GeForce RTX 3060 Ti by 23% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
GeForce RTX 2080 Super outperforms GeForce RTX 3060 Ti by 15% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.
3DMark Fire Strike Score
Benchmark coverage: 13%
GeForce RTX 2080 Super outperforms GeForce RTX 3060 Ti by 3% in 3DMark Fire Strike Score.
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
GeForce RTX 2080 Super outperforms GeForce RTX 3060 Ti by 9% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 8%
GeForce RTX 2080 Super outperforms GeForce RTX 3060 Ti by 13% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.
3DMark Ice Storm GPU
Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.
Benchmark coverage: 8%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Super by 5% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.
GeekBench 5 Vulkan
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 5%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Super by 2% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.
GeekBench 5 CUDA
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.
Benchmark coverage: 4%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Super by 2% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Super by 49% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce RTX 2080 Super outperforms GeForce RTX 3060 Ti by 1% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce RTX 2080 Super outperforms GeForce RTX 3060 Ti by 33% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Super by 59% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Super by 3% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Super by 9% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Super by 6% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
Benchmark coverage: 3%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Super by 4% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01.
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
Benchmark coverage: 1%
GeForce RTX 2080 Super outperforms GeForce RTX 3060 Ti by 72% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 142
+7.6%
| 132
−7.6%
|
| 1440p | 97
+12.8%
| 86
−12.8%
|
| 4K | 71
+29.1%
| 55
−29.1%
|
Popular games
- Full HD
Low Preset - Full HD
Medium Preset - Full HD
High Preset - Full HD
Ultra Preset - 1440p
High Preset - 1440p
Ultra Preset - 4K
High Preset - 4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 90−95
−45.1%
|
132
+45.1%
|
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 99
−22.2%
|
121
+22.2%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 94
−1.1%
|
95
+1.1%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 122
−18.9%
|
145
+18.9%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 191
+33.6%
|
140−150
−33.6%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 90−95
−24.2%
|
113
+24.2%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 109
−22%
|
133
+22%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 98
−13.3%
|
111
+13.3%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 143
−39.9%
|
200
+39.9%
|
| Hitman 3 | 197
+16.6%
|
160−170
−16.6%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 125
−11.2%
|
139
+11.2%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 126
−22.2%
|
154
+22.2%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 116
−48.3%
|
172
+48.3%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 114
−7%
|
122
+7%
|
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 87
−19.5%
|
104
+19.5%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 79
−2.5%
|
81
+2.5%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 110
−12.7%
|
124
+12.7%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 154
+7.7%
|
140−150
−7.7%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 90−95
−4.4%
|
95
+4.4%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 105
−21%
|
127
+21%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 95
−13.7%
|
108
+13.7%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 142
−38%
|
196
+38%
|
| Hitman 3 | 173
+2.4%
|
160−170
−2.4%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 104
−11.5%
|
116
+11.5%
|
| Metro Exodus | 93
+2.2%
|
91
−2.2%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 77
−15.6%
|
89
+15.6%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 115
−34.8%
|
155
+34.8%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 195
+29.1%
|
151
−29.1%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 99
−10.1%
|
109
+10.1%
|
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 68
−10.3%
|
75
+10.3%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 70
−5.7%
|
74
+5.7%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 131
+14.9%
|
114
−14.9%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 89
+6%
|
84
−6%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 106
−13.2%
|
120
+13.2%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 93
−6.5%
|
99
+6.5%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 133
−30.1%
|
173
+30.1%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 109
+45.3%
|
75
−45.3%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 75
−2.7%
|
77
+2.7%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 110
+18.3%
|
90−95
−18.3%
|
| Hitman 3 | 115
+5.5%
|
100−110
−5.5%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 75
−22.7%
|
92
+22.7%
|
| Metro Exodus | 63
+12.5%
|
56
−12.5%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 51
−11.8%
|
57
+11.8%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 92
−14.1%
|
105
+14.1%
|
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 58
−12.1%
|
65
+12.1%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 57
−5.3%
|
60
+5.3%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 108
+10.2%
|
98
−10.2%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 57
+5.6%
|
54
−5.6%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 100
+0%
|
100
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 90
−2.2%
|
92
+2.2%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 117
−28.2%
|
150
+28.2%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 57
−3.5%
|
59
+3.5%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 65
+20.4%
|
50−55
−20.4%
|
| Hitman 3 | 64
+8.5%
|
55−60
−8.5%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 44
−20.5%
|
53
+20.5%
|
| Metro Exodus | 40
+5.3%
|
38
−5.3%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 33
−15.2%
|
38
+15.2%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 49
−16.3%
|
57
+16.3%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 79
+9.7%
|
72
−9.7%
|
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 41
−9.8%
|
45
+9.8%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 36
−11.1%
|
40
+11.1%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 68
+4.6%
|
65
−4.6%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 31
+24%
|
25
−24%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 61
+0%
|
61
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 63
+6.8%
|
59
−6.8%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 81
−27.2%
|
103
+27.2%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 34
+3%
|
33
−3%
|
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance rating | 49.35 | 51.99 |
| Recency | 2 July 2019 | 1 December 2020 |
| Cost | $699 | $399 |
| Memory bandwidth | 495.9 | 448 |
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 3072 | 4864 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 8 nm |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 250 Watt | 220 Watt |
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Competitors of GeForce RTX 2080 Super by AMD
The nearest GeForce RTX 2080 Super's AMD equivalent is Radeon RX 6700 XT, which is faster by 1% and higher by 2 positions in our performance rating.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce RTX 2080 Super:
Competitors of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti by AMD
We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce RTX 3060 Ti from AMD is RTX 6000 Ada Generation, which is nearly equal in speed and is lower by 2 positions in our rating.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce RTX 3060 Ti:
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