EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK has the TU104 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is based on the graphics chip GA106-300-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
TU104 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2944 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 48
184 Texture Units 112
46 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is 15.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.875 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.710 GHz Boost Clock 1.867 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 210 W.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 170 W.

210 W TDP 170 W
250 W TDP (up) 180 W
88 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
34 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
43 dB Noise (Load) 34 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

269 mm Length 296 mm
114 mm Height 117 mm
-- Width 56 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q3/2019.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G came on the market in Q1/2021 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

08G-P4-2181-KR Part-no GV-N3060AORUS E-12GD
Q3/2019 Release date Q1/2021
729 $ Launch Price 459 $
12 nm Structure size 8 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
12 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
12 GB GDDR6
37 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
66 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
12 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
116 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
12 GB GDDR6
99 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
162 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Elite 12G
12 GB GDDR6
136 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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