NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Launch date	1 Sep 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 249.6 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Around 43% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3584
Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 170 Watt

Texture fill rate	249.6 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 3584
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9002
PassMark - G2D Mark	962
PassMark - G3D Mark	17008
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		26458
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		26458
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		12868
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		12868
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		20579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		20579

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA104	GA104
Launch date	1 Sep 2021	12 Jan 2021
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	52	48
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1560 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1110 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)	249.6 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)	15.97 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS	15.97 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	5120
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	124.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	249.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)
Height		PCIe 4.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.2	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	360 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready