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GeForce RTX 2080 vs GeForce RTX 3060

GeForce RTX 2080 vs GeForce RTX 3060: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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GeForce RTX 3060

12 GB GDDR6 | 192-bit

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC V2 Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 192-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1837MHz Core Clock, RGB, 2x DP 1.4, 2 x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA Ampere - GV-N3060GAMING OC-8GD

Buy for 296.81 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 79 minutes ago

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GeForce RTX 3060

12 GB GDDR6 | 192-bit

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC V2 Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 192-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1837MHz Core Clock, RGB, 2x DP 1.4, 2 x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA Ampere - GV-N3060GAMING OC-8GD

Buy for 296.81 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 79 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms GeForce RTX 3060 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 2080 is 845 days older than GeForce RTX 3060.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 2080

  • Performs up to 15% better in Borderlands 3 than GeForce RTX 3060 - 117 vs 102 FPS

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060

  • Consumes up to 21% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 - 170 vs 215 Watts
  • Up to 50% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 - 12 vs 8 GB
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Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Badass

GeForce RTX 2080

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2018


FPS

117

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021


FPS

102

87%

Value, €/FPS

€2.91/FPS

100%

Price, €

€296.81

100%

Value Winner

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC V2 Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 192-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1837MHz Core Clock, RGB, 2x DP 1.4, 2 x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA Ampere - GV-N3060GAMING OC-8GD

Buy for 296.81 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 79 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Badass

GeForce RTX 2080

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2018

GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021

Theoretical Performance

GeForce RTX 2080

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2018


Pixel Fillrate

109.4 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

314.6 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce RTX 3060

Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021


Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

78%

Texel Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

63%

GeForce RTX 2080

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GeForce RTX 3060

Sep 20th, 2018Release Date
Jan 12th, 2021
GeForce 20GenerationGeForce 30
$699MSRP
$329
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-COutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 12-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
8 GBMemory
12 GB
GDDR6TypeGDDR6
256-bitBus192-bit
448 GB/s
Bandwidth360 GB/s
1515 MHz
Base Clock Speed1320 MHz
1710 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1777 MHz
1750 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1875 MHz

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