NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and has 2176 texture shaders and 34 execution units.

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB, which has 8960 shaders and 70 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
TU106 GPU Chip GA102
Turing Architecture Ampere
34 Streaming Multiprocessors 70
2176 Shader 8960
48 Render Output Units 112
136 Texture Units 280
34 Raytracing Cores 70

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING can access 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 912 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB clocks in the base with up to 1.470 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING is 1.260 GHz.

1.470 GHz Base Clock 1.260 GHz
1.650 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB is 185 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING has a TDP of 350 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

185 W TDP 350 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING 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 Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB is 229 mm long, 113 mm high and -- wide.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING is 285 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

229 mm Length 285 mm
113 mm Height 111 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB was released in Q4/2021 at a price of 289 $ (Reference).

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING was introduced in Q2/2022 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no 12G-P5-4863-KL
Q4/2021 Release date Q2/2022
289 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet 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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
27 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING
12 GB GDDR6X
60 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING
12 GB GDDR6X
70 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING
12 GB GDDR6X
104 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)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING
12 GB GDDR6X
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING
12 GB GDDR6X
76 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING
12 GB GDDR6X
126 fps (avg)

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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
45 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING
12 GB GDDR6X
107 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
85 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING
12 GB GDDR6X
185 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
124 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 GAMING
12 GB GDDR6X
200 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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