GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs RTX 2080 Ti

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 2080 Ti with GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RTX 2080 Ti
2018
11 GB GDDR6, 250 Watt
48.43
+72.5%

RTX 2080 Ti outperforms RTX 3060 Mobile by an impressive 73% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking51176
Place by popularitynot in top-10086
Cost-effectiveness evaluation21.48no data
Power efficiency15.4127.92
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU102GA106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 September 2018 (6 years ago)12 January 2021 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores43523840
Core clock speed1350 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHz1425 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate420.2171.0
Floating-point processing power13.45 TFLOPS10.94 TFLOPS
ROPs8848
TMUs272120
Tensor Cores544120
Ray Tracing Cores6830

Form factor & 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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

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 amount11 GB6 GB
Memory bus width352 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth616.0 GB/s336.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

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-CNo outputs
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D 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
DLSS++

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RTX 2080 Ti 48.43
+72.5%
RTX 3060 Mobile 28.07

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of 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.

RTX 2080 Ti 21653
+72.5%
RTX 3060 Mobile 12550

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.

RTX 2080 Ti 47166
+72%
RTX 3060 Mobile 27419

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.

RTX 2080 Ti 83556
+45.7%
RTX 3060 Mobile 57333

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 made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 2080 Ti 20210
RTX 3060 Mobile 20609
+2%

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.

RTX 2080 Ti 165122
+57.5%
RTX 3060 Mobile 104826

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.

RTX 2080 Ti 521458
+11.9%
RTX 3060 Mobile 466087

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 HD165
+70.1%
97
−70.1%
1440p122
+87.7%
65
−87.7%
4K93
+133%
40
−133%

Cost per frame, $

1080p6.05no data
1440p8.19no data
4K10.74no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 160−170
−7.4%
174
+7.4%
Counter-Strike 2 270−280
+57.7%
170−180
−57.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+23.3%
103
−23.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 160−170
+23.7%
131
−23.7%
Battlefield 5 170
+50.4%
110−120
−50.4%
Counter-Strike 2 270−280
+57.7%
170−180
−57.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+47.7%
86
−47.7%
Far Cry 5 136
+21.4%
112
−21.4%
Fortnite 302
+116%
140−150
−116%
Forza Horizon 4 182
+52.9%
110−120
−52.9%
Forza Horizon 5 150−160
+30%
120
−30%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 201
+66.1%
120−130
−66.1%
Valorant 285
+48.4%
190−200
−48.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 160−170
+116%
75
−116%
Battlefield 5 164
+16.3%
141
−16.3%
Counter-Strike 2 270−280
+57.7%
170−180
−57.7%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+1.5%
270−280
−1.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+84.1%
69
−84.1%
Dota 2 146
+11.5%
131
−11.5%
Far Cry 5 130
+22.6%
106
−22.6%
Fortnite 232
+65.7%
140−150
−65.7%
Forza Horizon 4 181
+52.1%
110−120
−52.1%
Forza Horizon 5 150−160
+54.5%
101
−54.5%
Grand Theft Auto V 134
+10.7%
121
−10.7%
Metro Exodus 107
+32.1%
81
−32.1%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 193
+59.5%
120−130
−59.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 247
+73.9%
142
−73.9%
Valorant 267
+41.3%
189
−41.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 159
+21.4%
131
−21.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+105%
62
−105%
Dota 2 141
+13.7%
124
−13.7%
Far Cry 5 122
+20.8%
101
−20.8%
Forza Horizon 4 168
+41.2%
110−120
−41.2%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 191
+57.9%
120−130
−57.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 135
+73.1%
78
−73.1%
Valorant 259
+50.6%
172
−50.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 216
+54.3%
140−150
−54.3%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 140−150
+103%
70−75
−103%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 350−400
+75.8%
210−220
−75.8%
Grand Theft Auto V 100−110
+45.3%
75
−45.3%
Metro Exodus 76
+52%
50
−52%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 266
−14.3%
304
+14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 134
+28.8%
104
−28.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+74.4%
39
−74.4%
Far Cry 5 117
+39.3%
84
−39.3%
Forza Horizon 4 147
+79.3%
80−85
−79.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
+104%
50−55
−104%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 151
+98.7%
75−80
−98.7%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 40−45
+83.3%
24−27
−83.3%
Counter-Strike 2 65−70
+103%
30−35
−103%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270
+80%
150−160
−80%
Grand Theft Auto V 142
+94.5%
73
−94.5%
Metro Exodus 51
+64.5%
31
−64.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 98
+78.2%
55
−78.2%
Valorant 259
+41.5%
180−190
−41.5%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 86
+36.5%
63
−36.5%
Counter-Strike 2 65−70
+103%
30−35
−103%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+113%
15
−113%
Dota 2 139
+46.3%
95
−46.3%
Far Cry 5 78
+95%
40
−95%
Forza Horizon 4 107
+94.5%
55−60
−94.5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 88
+144%
35−40
−144%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 79
+119%
35−40
−119%

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

  • RTX 2080 Ti is 70% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 Ti is 88% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 Ti is 133% faster in 4K

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

  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2080 Ti is 144% faster.
  • in Valorant, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3060 Mobile is 14% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 Ti is ahead in 60 tests (95%)
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 48.43 28.07
Recency 20 September 2018 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 11 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 2080 Ti has a 72.5% higher aggregate performance score, and a 83.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3060 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 212.5% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is a notebook one.

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