GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 2080 for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce RTX 3060 is the comparison's loser – it's a slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 2080 and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's £230.07 more expensive!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3060

Consumes up to 21% less energy – 170 vs 215 Watts
Up to 50% more VRAM memory – 12 vs 8 GB

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 2080

A much faster GPU for gaming
Up to 92% cheaper – £19.92 vs £249.99
A much better value for money for gaming

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 2080 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

Average FPS

87%

Min 1% FPS

85%

Price, £

£249.99

Value, £/FPS

£2.52/FPS

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC V2 Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6, 128-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1807MHz Core Clock, 2x DP 1.4, 2x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA DLSS - GV-N3060GAMING OC-8GD V2

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual OC 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card, 3584 Core, 1320 MHz GPU, 1837 MHz Boost, Ampere Architechture, 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI, Dual Fans with 0-dB Tech

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 WINDFORCE OC 12G (rev. 2.0) Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 192-bit GDDR6, GV-N3060WF2OC-12GD Rev2.0 Video Card

ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 12G DUAL V2 OC Gaming Graphics Card - 1867MHz Boost Clock, GDDR6, PCIe Gen 4, DLSS 2, 1x DP v1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x DVI-D (Supports 4K)

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 1807 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 192-bit, 3x DP (v1.4), HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)

Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Dual 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card, 3584 Core, 1320 MHz GPU, 1777 MHz Boost, Ampere Architecture, 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI, Dual Fans with 0-dB Tech

GeForce RTX 2080

Sep 20th, 2018

Average FPS

114

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, £

£19.92

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.17/FPS

100%

EVGA PowerLink, Support All NVIDIA Founders Edition & All GeForce RTX 2080 Ti/2080/2070*/2060*/Super*/GTX 1660 Ti*/1660*/1650/1080 Ti/1080/1070 Ti/1070/1060 0600-Pl-2816-Lr

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 2080 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

GeForce RTX 2080

Sep 20th, 2018

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 2080 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

8747

79%

GeForce RTX 2080

Sep 20th, 2018

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

11078

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 2080 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

Memory

12 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

360 GB/s

80%

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

78%

Texture Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

63%

FP32

12.74 TFLOPS

100%

GeForce RTX 2080

Sep 20th, 2018

Memory

8 GB

67%

Memory Bandwidth

448 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

109.4 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

314.6 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

10.07 TFLOPS

79%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 3060	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 2080
General
Jan 12th, 2021	Release Date	Sep 20th, 2018
$329.00	MSRP	$699.00
GeForce 30	Generation	GeForce 20
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
170 W	Power Consumption	215 W
Memory
12 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6
192-bit	Memory Bus	256-bit
360 GB/s	Bandwidth	448 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
85.3 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	109.4 GPixel/s
199 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	314.6 GTexel/s
12.74 TFLOPS	FP32	10.07 TFLOPS