GeForce RTX 2080 and GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 2080
GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Turing TU104
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2018
2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1710 MHz
1852 MHz
Core clock speed
1515 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
13,600 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2944
3840
Power consumption (TDP)
215 Watt
185 Watt
Texture fill rate
314.6
222.2
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
336.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.3
VR Ready
+
-