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 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 325.878 vs 251.703
  • 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) 325.878 vs 251.703
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: 16147 vs 13352
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 820 vs 591
  • Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 87875 vs 78870
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3742.063 vs 3461.767
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 27.153 vs 26.167
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 153.341 vs 152.172
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1304.365 vs 979.608
  • 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: 8850 vs 8230
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 16147 vs 13352
PassMark - G2D Mark 820 vs 591
Geekbench - OpenCL 87875 vs 78870
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3742.063 vs 3461.767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.153 vs 26.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 153.341 vs 152.172
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1304.365 vs 979.608
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 8850 vs 8230

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13352
16147
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
591
820
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
78870
87875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
325.878
251.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3461.767
3742.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26.167
27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
152.172
153.341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
979.608
1304.365
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
8230
8850
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
PassMark - G3D Mark 13352 16147
PassMark - G2D Mark 591 820
Geekbench - OpenCL 78870 87875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 325.878 251.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3461.767 3742.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 26.167 27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 152.172 153.341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 979.608 1304.365
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 8230 8850

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 143 145
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