GeForce RTX 2080 and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce RTX 2080 vs GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce RTX 2080
19364
GeForce RTX 3060
17598
GeForce RTX 2080
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Turing TU104
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2018
January 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
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
1515 MHz
1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
13,600 million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2944
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
215 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
314.6
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2
VR Ready
+
-