NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2304
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 175 Watt
  • Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 339.841 vs 252.062
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3898.264 vs 3729.447
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 155.642 vs 154.621
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8913 vs 3718
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8054 vs 3350
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8913 vs 3718
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8054 vs 3350
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 17 October 2018
Pipelines 3840 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 175 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 339.841 vs 252.062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3898.264 vs 3729.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 155.642 vs 154.621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

  • Around 73% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 817 MHz
  • Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 1282 MHz
  • 9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16171 vs 13389
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 824 vs 589
  • Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88586 vs 79058
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1303.435 vs 1167.569
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22615 vs 21278
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22615 vs 21278
  • Around 8% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8877 vs 8237
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1410 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed 1620 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16171 vs 13389
PassMark - G2D Mark 824 vs 589
Geekbench - OpenCL 88586 vs 79058
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.133 vs 27.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1303.435 vs 1167.569
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22615 vs 21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22615 vs 21278
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8877 vs 8237

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13389
16171
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
589
824
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
79058
88586
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
339.841
252.062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3898.264
3729.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.109
27.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
155.642
154.621
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1167.569
1303.435
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
22615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
22615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8237
8877
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
PassMark - G3D Mark 13389 16171
PassMark - G2D Mark 589 824
Geekbench - OpenCL 79058 88586
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 339.841 252.062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3898.264 3729.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.109 27.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 155.642 154.621
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1167.569 1303.435
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21278 22615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278 22615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8237 8877

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA106 TU106
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 17 October 2018
Place in performance rating 129 140
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Price now $499.99
Value for money (0-100) 42.76

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1282 MHz 1620 MHz
Core clock speed 817 MHz 1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 9.846 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 2304
Pixel fill rate 61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 153.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 175 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million 10,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Length 229 mm

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready