NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 7% to 38%, including 22% in 3DMark Time Spy (10,644 vs 8,747). On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB generates 26.6 tokens/s (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)) against 5.3 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER. Released 2021 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB), 2019 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER). MSRP range: $329 · $699. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

NVIDIA · Ampere

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12 GB VRAM170W TDP$329 MSRP2021

Full NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB benchmarks →

NVIDIA · Turing

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

8 GB VRAM250W TDP$699 MSRP2019

Full NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
vram gb	12	8
vram type	GDDR6	GDDR6
tdp w	170	250
cuda cores	3584	3072
rt cores	—	48
tensor cores	—	384
process nm	—	12

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Notebookcheck, 3DMark, Engadget, Legit Reviews, Wccftech and Geekbench Browser; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, 3DMark	21,653 points	23,130 points
3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics) (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck	—	27,647 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better) Source: 3DMark	—	15,079 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: Engadget, Legit Reviews, 3DMark, Wccftech	5,074 points	6,776 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: 3DMark	2,192 points	—
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: 3DMark	1,976 points	2,727 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: Engadget, 3DMark, Notebookcheck	8,747 points	10,644 points
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck	—	11,439 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better) Source: Legit Reviews	9,755 points	—
3DMark Time Spy (Overall) (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck	—	11,002 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: Engadget	—	4,905 points
Geekbench 6 OpenCL (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser	82,071 points	—

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

llama3.2:1b: 211.9 tok/s (TyoLab)
llama3.2:1b: 211.9 tok/s (TYO Lab blog)
llama3.2:1b: 185.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

llama3.2:1b: 210.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
llama3.1:8b: 58.4 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
llama2:7b: 42.0 tok/s (GIGA CHAD LLC)

All NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER AI benchmarks →

Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 7% to 38%, including 22% in 3DMark Time Spy (10,644 vs 8,747).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB generates 26.6 tokens/s (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)) against 5.3 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.

What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB launched at a $329 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER at $699. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.