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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB: Comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB separate most on tdp: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super at 250 W, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB at 350 W, 40% in favour of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super. Slot Width splits them by another 35%, again favouring NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super. They match on gpu brand, tier and ray tracing support. In Blender Cycles (GPU) the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB scores 4,529 against 2,291 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super, a lead of 49%.
Specs
| Specification |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Brand | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Series | GeForce RTX 20 | GeForce RTX 30 |
| Board Partner | NVIDIA Founders Edition | NVIDIA Founders Edition, ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, Zotac, EVGA (legacy) |
| VRAM | 8 GB-33% | 12 GB |
| Tier | High-End | High-End |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| Boost Clock | 1815 MHz | 1710 MHz-6% |
| Ray Tracing Support | true | true |
| TDP | 250 W | 350 W-40% |
| Architecture | Turing | Ampere |
| Card Length | 267 mm | 313 mm-17% |
| Slot Width | 2 | 2.7-35% |
| Memory Bus Width | 256 bit-33% | 384 bit |
| Power Connector | 1x 8-pin, 1x 6-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| CUDA Cores | 3072 | 8960 |
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Display Outputs | 3x DisplayPort 1.4, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x USB-C (VirtualLink) | 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x HDMI 2.1 |
Benchmarks
Measured results, not specifications. Percentages are the gap to the leading product in each test.
Blender Cycles (GPU)
Blender 4.5, Blender Open Data (CC0). Median of monster + junkshop + classroom, combined samples/min.
Blender renders 3D scenes by tracing light through them, which loads every shader unit on the card at once. The score measures sustained render throughput, so it tells you what a card does in Cycles and similar renderers rather than what it does in a game. Figures come from Blender's Open Data project, which places no restriction on reuse, and we publish the median of every submission for that card on the same Blender version.
Verdict
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
5.5 / 10 Expert Rating
A solid 1440p card in 2019, now a budget used option outpaced by two full architecture generations; fine cheap, not worth paying a premium for.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
8.2 / 10 Expert Rating
A genuinely better RTX 3080 - the extra VRAM and bandwidth make it the version to look for on the secondhand market over the original 10GB card.
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