We've compared GeForce RTX 2080 and GeForce RTX 3090, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks. RTX 2080 2018 8 GB GDDR6, 215 Watt 48.75 RTX 3090 2020 24 GB GDDR6X, 350 Watt 69.34 +42.2% GTX 1650 GTX 1060 6 GB RTX 3060 RTX 4060 RTX 4070 SUPER RTX 4080 SUPER RTX 4090 RX 580 Arc A580 RX 5700 RX 7600 XT RX 7800 XT RX 7900 XTX RTX 3090 outperforms RTX 2080 by a considerable 42% based on our aggregate benchmark results. RTX 2080 GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared. Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better. RTX 2080 has 26% better value for money than RTX 3090. General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results.Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked. Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM. Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself. Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes. List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions. Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale. This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly. RTX 208048.75 RTX 309069.34 +42.2% This isthe most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities. RTX 208018805 RTX 309026747 +42.2% 3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displayinga space fleet attack ona defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead. RTX 208066631 RTX 3090124350 +86.6% 3DMark 11is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11is now superseded by Time Spy. RTX 208040278 RTX 309061518 +52.7% Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware. RTX 208017810 RTX 309047241 +165% Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displaysa few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just likeIce Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid. RTX 2080143576 RTX 3090231612 +61.3% Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation usesOpenCLAPI by Khronos Group. RTX 2080104006 RTX 3090190989 +83.6% Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid. RTX 2080436117 RTX 3090779348 +78.7% Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation usesVulkanAPI by AMD & Khronos Group. RTX 2080102142 RTX 3090178421 +74.7% Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation usesCUDAAPI by NVIDIA. RTX 2080119410 RTX 3090238123 +99.4% RTX 2080150 RTX 3090300 +101% RTX 208070 RTX 3090105 +49.7% RTX 208012 RTX 309016 +37.8% RTX 2080109 RTX 3090170 +56.2% RTX 208052 RTX 309093 +78.4% RTX 208045 RTX 309086 +90.9% RTX 208013 RTX 309026 +105% RTX 2080205 RTX 3090368 +79.3% Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS. Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions: −37.7% +37.7% −31.7% +31.7% −27.1% +27.1% Full HD −133% +133% Full HD −51.4% +51.4% −16.3% +16.3% −14.4% +14.4% +10.9% −10.9% −97.8% +97.8% +8.5% −8.5% −2.4% +2.4% +10.1% −10.1% +15.4% −15.4% +4% −4% +0% +0% −19.3% +19.3% −35.8% +35.8% +26.5% −26.5% Full HD −61.4% +61.4% −26.5% +26.5% −22% +22% −1.7% +1.7% −69.7% +69.7% −14.7% +14.7% −34.1% +34.1% +2.1% −2.1% +12% −12% +0.4% −0.4% +0% +0% −4.3% +4.3% −115% +115% −47.5% +47.5% +22.1% −22.1% Full HD −58.8% +58.8% −24.7% +24.7% −32.2% +32.2% −50.6% +50.6% −44.4% +44.4% −64.4% +64.4% −0.9% +0.9% −74.6% +74.6% −87.7% +87.7% −70.8% +70.8% −35.4% +35.4% Full HD −30.3% +30.3% 1440p −34.1% +34.1% −25% +25% 1440p −60.3% +60.3% −31.7% +31.7% −17.4% +17.4% −116% +116% −15.7% +15.7% −27.8% +27.8% −43.8% +43.8% −80.6% +80.6% −56.2% +56.2% −115% +115% −97.4% +97.4% +17.7% −17.7% 1440p −33.7% +33.7% 4K −31.8% +31.8% −38% +38% −72.9% +72.9% −93.2% +93.2% −72% +72% −101% +101% 4K −70.7% +70.7% −50% +50% −34.2% +34.2% −142% +142% −28.2% +28.2% −88.9% +88.9% −127% +127% −71.4% +71.4% 4K −88.1% +88.1% This is how RTX 2080 and RTX 3090 compete in popular games: Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games: All in all, in popular games: RTX 2080 has 62.8% lower power consumption. RTX 3090, on the other hand, has a 42.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process. The GeForce RTX 3090 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 2080 in performance tests. Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer. Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card. GeForce RTX 2080 GeForce RTX 3090 Like Like We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider. Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself. 3.92114 votes Rate GeForce RTX 2080 on a scale of 1 to 5: 1.278795 votes Rate GeForce RTX 3090 on a scale of 1 to 5: Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.Aggregate performance score
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Primary details
Place in performance ranking 65 24 Place by popularity not in top-100 not in top-100 Cost-effectiveness evaluation 28.18 22.34 Architecture Turing (2018−2022) Ampere (2020−2024) GPU code name Turing TU104 Ampere GA102 Market segment Desktop Desktop Release date 27 August 2018 (6 years ago) 24 September 2020 (3 years ago) Launch price (MSRP) $699 $1,499 Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Detailed specifications
Pipelines / CUDA cores 2944 10496 Core clock speed 1515 MHz 1400 MHz Boost clock speed 1710 MHz 1700 MHz Number of transistors 13,600 million 28,300 million Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 8 nm Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 350 Watt Texture fill rate 314.6 556.0 Floating-point performance 10.07 gflops 35.58 gflops Form factor & compatibility
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16 Length 267 mm 313 mm Width 2-slot 3-slot Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 12-pin VRAM capacity and type
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6X Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 24 GB Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 19500 MHz Memory bandwidth 448.0 GB/s 936.2 GB/s Shared memory - - Connectivity and outputs
Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort HDMI + + G-SYNC support + - Supported technologies
VR Ready + no data API compatibility
DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_1) 12 Ultimate (12_2) Shader Model 6.5 6.5 OpenGL 4.6 4.6 OpenCL 1.2 2.0 Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2 CUDA 7.5 8.5 Synthetic benchmark performance
Combined synthetic benchmark score
Passmark
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
3DMark Ice Storm GPU
GeekBench 5 Vulkan
GeekBench 5 CUDA
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
Gaming performance
Average FPS across all PC games
Full HD 146 201 1440p 101 133 4K 70 89 FPS performance in popular games
Low PresetCyberpunk 2077 85−90 207
Medium PresetAssassin's Creed Odyssey 105 159 Assassin's Creed Valhalla 98 114 Battlefield 5 194 220−230 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 132 110−120 Cyberpunk 2077 85−90 176 Far Cry 5 127 110−120 Far Cry New Dawn 165 160−170 Forza Horizon 4 262 230−240 Hitman 3 135 117 Horizon Zero Dawn 263 250−260 Metro Exodus 144 144 Red Dead Redemption 2 109 130 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 215 290−300 Watch Dogs: Legion 253 200
High PresetAssassin's Creed Odyssey 153 247 Assassin's Creed Valhalla 83 105 Battlefield 5 182 220−230 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 117 110−120 Cyberpunk 2077 85−90 151 Far Cry 5 102 110−120 Far Cry New Dawn 126 160−170 Forza Horizon 4 243 230−240 Hitman 3 131 117 Horizon Zero Dawn 254 250−260 Metro Exodus 144 144 Red Dead Redemption 2 117 120−130 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 180−190 402 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100−110 140−150 Watch Dogs: Legion 243 199
Ultra PresetAssassin's Creed Odyssey 68 108 Assassin's Creed Valhalla 73 91 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 90 110−120 Cyberpunk 2077 85−90 134 Far Cry 5 81 110−120 Forza Horizon 4 132 217 Hitman 3 115 116 Horizon Zero Dawn 169 295 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 180−190 351 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 106 181 Watch Dogs: Legion 79 107
Epic PresetRed Dead Redemption 2 99 129
High PresetBattlefield 5 123 160−170 Far Cry New Dawn 88 110−120
Ultra PresetAssassin's Creed Odyssey 58 93 Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60 79 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 69 80−85 Cyberpunk 2077 40−45 93 Far Cry 5 70 80−85 Forza Horizon 4 212 270−280 Hitman 3 80 115 Horizon Zero Dawn 129 233 Metro Exodus 89 139 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130 266 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80 152 Watch Dogs: Legion 239 203
Epic PresetRed Dead Redemption 2 95 127
High PresetBattlefield 5 66 85−90 Far Cry New Dawn 50 65−70 Hitman 3 48 83 Horizon Zero Dawn 117 220−230 Metro Exodus 82 141 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 76 153
Ultra PresetAssassin's Creed Odyssey 41 70 Assassin's Creed Valhalla 38 57 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 38 50−55 Cyberpunk 2077 18−20 46 Far Cry 5 39 50−55 Forza Horizon 4 81 153 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 70−75 159 Watch Dogs: Legion 35 60
Epic PresetRed Dead Redemption 2 59 111 Pros & cons summary
Performance score 48.75 69.34 Recency 27 August 2018 24 September 2020 Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 24 GB Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 350 Watt Vote for your favorite
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