RTX 3060 Ti vs RTX 2080 Ti

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RTX 2080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
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  • Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
  • Core clock speed 1350
  • Max video memory 11 GB
  • Memory type GDDR6
  • Memory clock speed 14000
  • Maximum resolution
RTX 3060 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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  • 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 448$
Games supported 100%

General info

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

Place in performance ranking2024
Place by popularityno data9
Value for money14.4545.61
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameTuring TU102Ampere GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 August 2018 (4 years old)1 December 2020 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $399
Current price$1212 (1.2x MSRP)$448 (1.1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores43524864
Core clock speed1350 MHz1410 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)270 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate420.2253.1

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount11 GB8 GB
Memory bus width352 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth616.0 GB/s448.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C1x 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

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA7.58.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. 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.

RTX 2080 Ti 55.50
+6.1%
RTX 3060 Ti 52.33

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 6% in our combined benchmark results.


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%

RTX 2080 Ti 21886
+6.1%
RTX 3060 Ti 20634

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 6% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

RTX 2080 Ti 83556
+1.9%
RTX 3060 Ti 81961

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 2% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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%

RTX 2080 Ti 47166
+41.7%
RTX 3060 Ti 33282

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 42% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 13%

RTX 2080 Ti 26227
+19.3%
RTX 3060 Ti 21991

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 19% in 3DMark Fire Strike Score.

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%

RTX 2080 Ti 165122
+35.4%
RTX 3060 Ti 121918

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 35% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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 graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

RTX 2080 Ti 20210
RTX 3060 Ti 25071
+24.1%

RTX 3060 Ti outperforms RTX 2080 Ti by 24% 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: 9%

RTX 2080 Ti 138205
+27.6%
RTX 3060 Ti 108331

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 28% 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%

RTX 2080 Ti 521458
+1.7%
RTX 3060 Ti 512753

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 2% 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%

RTX 2080 Ti 138296
+44.8%
RTX 3060 Ti 95490

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 45% 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%

RTX 2080 Ti 165093
+28.7%
RTX 3060 Ti 128321

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 29% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 Ti 181
RTX 3060 Ti 195
+7.9%

RTX 3060 Ti outperforms RTX 2080 Ti by 8% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 Ti 79
+13%
RTX 3060 Ti 70

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 13% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 Ti 12
+29.2%
RTX 3060 Ti 10

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 29% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 Ti 51
RTX 3060 Ti 67
+30.9%

RTX 3060 Ti outperforms RTX 2080 Ti by 31% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 Ti 121
+10.1%
RTX 3060 Ti 110

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 10% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 Ti 63
+10.5%
RTX 3060 Ti 57

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 10% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 Ti 17
+24.6%
RTX 3060 Ti 13

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 25% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 2080 Ti 179
+21.9%
RTX 3060 Ti 147

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 22% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

Benchmark coverage: 1%

RTX 2080 Ti 272
+112%
RTX 3060 Ti 129

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Ti by 112% 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 across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD164
+18%
139
−18%
1440p122
+37.1%
89
−37.1%
4K86
+53.6%
56
−53.6%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+6.6%
90−95
−6.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
−37.5%
121
+37.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 107
+12.6%
95
−12.6%
Battlefield 5 140−150
+0.7%
145
−0.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 140−150
+4.3%
140−150
−4.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+6.6%
90−95
−6.6%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+4.4%
110−120
−4.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+3.8%
100−110
−3.8%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−25.8%
200
+25.8%
Hitman 3 171
+1.8%
160−170
−1.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 146
+5%
139
−5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 119
−29.4%
154
+29.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 130−140
+7.9%
120−130
−7.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 111
−9.9%
122
+9.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
−18.2%
104
+18.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 91
+12.3%
81
−12.3%
Battlefield 5 140−150
+17.7%
124
−17.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 81
−74.1%
140−150
+74.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+6.6%
90−95
−6.6%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+4.4%
110−120
−4.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+3.8%
100−110
−3.8%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−23.3%
196
+23.3%
Hitman 3 163
−3.1%
160−170
+3.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 124
+6.9%
116
−6.9%
Metro Exodus 100−110
+7.1%
95−100
−7.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 90
+1.1%
89
−1.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 130−140
+7.9%
120−130
−7.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140−150
+8.2%
130−140
−8.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 99
−10.1%
109
+10.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+17.3%
75
−17.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80
+8.1%
74
−8.1%
Battlefield 5 140−150
+28.1%
114
−28.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+6.6%
90−95
−6.6%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+4.4%
110−120
−4.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+3.8%
100−110
−3.8%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−8.8%
173
+8.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140−150
+8.2%
130−140
−8.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90
+16.9%
77
−16.9%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 127
+38%
90−95
−38%
Hitman 3 147
+37.4%
100−110
−37.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 94
+2.2%
92
−2.2%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+9.2%
65−70
−9.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 63
+10.5%
57
−10.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95
+8.1%
85−90
−8.1%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60−65
−6.6%
65
+6.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 67
+11.7%
60
−11.7%
Battlefield 5 110−120
+17.3%
98
−17.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+8.7%
45−50
−8.7%
Far Cry 5 100−105
+6.4%
90−95
−6.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95
+4.5%
85−90
−4.5%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
−22%
150
+22%
Watch Dogs: Legion 73
+23.7%
59
−23.7%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 77
+45.3%
50−55
−45.3%
Hitman 3 85
+44.1%
55−60
−44.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 54
+1.9%
53
−1.9%
Metro Exodus 40−45
+7.5%
40−45
−7.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 42
+10.5%
38
−10.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+10.2%
45−50
−10.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+8.5%
70−75
−8.5%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−7.1%
45
+7.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 46
+15%
40
−15%
Battlefield 5 75−80
+15.4%
65
−15.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+14.3%
21−24
−14.3%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+9.3%
50−55
−9.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+6.8%
55−60
−6.8%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
−19.8%
103
+19.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 44
+33.3%
33
−33.3%

This is how RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 3060 Ti compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • RTX 2080 Ti is 18% faster than RTX 3060 Ti

1440p resolution:

  • RTX 2080 Ti is 37.1% faster than RTX 3060 Ti

4K resolution:

  • RTX 2080 Ti is 53.6% faster than RTX 3060 Ti

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2080 Ti is 45.3% faster than the RTX 3060 Ti.
  • in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3060 Ti is 74.1% faster than the RTX 2080 Ti.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 55.50 52.33
Recency 27 August 2018 1 December 2020
Cost $999 $399
Memory bus width 352 256
Memory bandwidth 616 448
Pipelines / CUDA cores 4352 4864
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 270 Watt 220 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. The differences in performance seem too small.


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