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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 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: 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 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
Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13387 vs 12354
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21278 vs 18604
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21278 vs 18604
Around 10% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8234 vs 7453

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 29 January 2019
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 12354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21278 vs 18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8913 vs 8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8054 vs 8029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21278 vs 18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8913 vs 8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8054 vs 8029
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8234 vs 7453

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 817 MHz
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1282 MHz
9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 601 vs 589

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	601 vs 589

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13387

12354

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

589

601

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21278

18604

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8913

8898

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8054

8029

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21278

18604

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8913

8898

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8054

8029

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

8234

7453

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark	13387	12354
PassMark - G2D Mark	589	601
Geekbench - OpenCL	79058
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	339.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3898.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	27.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	155.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1167.569
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21278	18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8913	8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8054	8029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21278	18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8913	8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8054	8029
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8234	7453

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA106	TU106
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	29 January 2019
Place in performance rating	130	128
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Price now		$489.99
Value for money (0-100)		49.06
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1282 MHz	1440 MHz
Core clock speed	817 MHz	1215 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
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