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).

 

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 9000
PassMark - G2D Mark 961
PassMark - G3D Mark 16996
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 49
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