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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 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 9 month(s) later
  • Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1282 MHz vs 1080 MHz
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2560
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 80 W
  • Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
  • Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 79123 vs 68337
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21278 vs 20002
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21278 vs 20002
  • Around 12% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8228 vs 7343
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 2 Apr 2020
Boost clock speed 1282 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Pipelines 3840 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 80 W
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 79123 vs 68337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21278 vs 20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278 vs 20002
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8228 vs 7343

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q

  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 817 MHz
  • Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 172.8 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13840 vs 13386
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 628 vs 589
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 10384 vs 8913
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 10130 vs 8054
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 10384 vs 8913
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 10130 vs 8054
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 930 MHz vs 817 MHz
Texture fill rate 172.8 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13840 vs 13386
PassMark - G2D Mark 628 vs 589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 10384 vs 8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10130 vs 8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 10384 vs 8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10130 vs 8054

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13386
13840
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
589
628
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
79123
68337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
10384
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
10130
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21278
20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8913
10384
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8054
10130
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8228
7343
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 13386 13840
PassMark - G2D Mark 589 628
Geekbench - OpenCL 79123 68337
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 20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913 10384
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054 10130
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278 20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913 10384
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054 10130
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8228 7343

Compare specifications (specs)

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

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA106 TU104B
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 2 Apr 2020
Place in performance rating 130 116
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1282 MHz 1080 MHz
Core clock speed 817 MHz 930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 153.8 GFLOPS (1:64) 172.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 9.846 TFLOPS (1:1) 11.06 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 9.846 TFLOPS 5.530 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 2560
Pixel fill rate 61.54 GPixel/s 69.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 153.8 GTexel/s 172.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 80 W
Transistor count 12000 million 13600 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
Width IGP

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.1
OpenCL 3.0 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 352.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready