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 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 328.391 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) 328.391 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: 16142 vs 13344
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 819 vs 591
  • Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 87885 vs 78895
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3742.063 vs 3384.051
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 27.153 vs 25.824
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 153.341 vs 149.733
  • Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1304.365 vs 972.722
  • 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 16142 vs 13344
PassMark - G2D Mark 819 vs 591
Geekbench - OpenCL 87885 vs 78895
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3742.063 vs 3384.051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.153 vs 25.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 153.341 vs 149.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1304.365 vs 972.722
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
13344
16142
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
591
819
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
78895
87885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
328.391
251.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3384.051
3742.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25.824
27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
149.733
153.341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
972.722
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 13344 16142
PassMark - G2D Mark 591 819
Geekbench - OpenCL 78895 87885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 328.391 251.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3384.051 3742.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 25.824 27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 149.733 153.341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 972.722 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 144 146
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