NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

9
Place in performance rating
4
34.47
Value for money (0-100)
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Turing
Architecture
Ampere
TU102
Code name
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Desktop
Type
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27 August 2018 (3 years ago)
Release date
16 September 2020 (1 year ago)
$999
Launch price (MSRP)
$699
$1265 (1.3x MSRP)
Price now
$2177 (3.1x MSRP)
26.10
Value for money
12.52
Turing TU102
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

4352
Pipelines
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1350 MHz
Core clock speed
1450 MHz
1545 MHz
Boost Clock
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18,600 million
Transistor count
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12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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420.2
Texture fill rate
465.1
4352
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8704
1545 MHz
Boost clock speed
1710 MHz
18,600 million
Number of transistors
28,300 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
320 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
267 mm
Length
285 mm
2x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR6X
11 GB
Maximum RAM amount
10 GB
352 Bit
Memory bus width
320 Bit
14000 MHz
Memory clock speed
19000 MHz
616.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
760.3 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
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Multi Monitor
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7.5
CUDA
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_1)
DirectX
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4.6
OpenGL
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1.2.131
Vulkan
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6.5
Shader Model
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2.0
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 159 146 133 115 94 54
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 174 173 170 169 133 78.8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 289 247 240 202 162 100
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 321 243 166 126 101 64.7
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 315 290 266 259 204 113
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

7.95% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($1265 (1.3x MSRP) vs $2177 (3.1x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (11 GB vs 10 GB)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 12 nm)

More memory bandwidth (760.3 GB/s vs 616.0 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti .

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080