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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q 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 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1282 MHz vs 1185 MHz
  • 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
  • Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13387 vs 11748
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 589 vs 483
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 79058 vs 78123
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 339.841 vs 168.08
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3898.264 vs 1935.102
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 27.109 vs 22.794
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 155.642 vs 111.023
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1167.569 vs 1001.496
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21278 vs 17328
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21278 vs 17328
  • Around 20% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8234 vs 6841
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 29 January 2019
Boost clock speed 1282 MHz vs 1185 MHz
Pipelines 3840 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13387 vs 11748
PassMark - G2D Mark 589 vs 483
Geekbench - OpenCL 79058 vs 78123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 339.841 vs 168.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3898.264 vs 1935.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.109 vs 22.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 155.642 vs 111.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1167.569 vs 1001.496
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21278 vs 17328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 vs 8912
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278 vs 17328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 vs 8912
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8234 vs 6841

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 885 MHz vs 817 MHz
  • 9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 885 MHz vs 817 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8055 vs 8054
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8055 vs 8054

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13387
11748
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
589
483
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
79058
78123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
339.841
168.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3898.264
1935.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.109
22.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
155.642
111.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1167.569
1001.496
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
17328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
8055
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
17328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
8055
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8234
6841
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 13387 11748
PassMark - G2D Mark 589 483
Geekbench - OpenCL 79058 78123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 339.841 168.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3898.264 1935.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.109 22.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 155.642 111.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1167.569 1001.496
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21278 17328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 8055
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278 17328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 8055
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8234 6841

Compare specifications (specs)

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

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA106 TU106
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 29 January 2019
Place in performance rating 130 178
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1282 MHz 1185 MHz
Core clock speed 817 MHz 885 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 115 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million 10,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent No outputs
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 None

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0
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