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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 1425 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 27% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20611 vs 20002
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20611 vs 20002
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 2 Apr 2020
Boost clock speed 1425 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Pipelines 3840 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20611 vs 20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20611 vs 20002

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

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 172.8 GTexel/s vs 171.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 10130 vs 7929
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 10130 vs 7929
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 10384 vs 8917
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 10384 vs 8917
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 930 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate 172.8 GTexel/s vs 171.0 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10130 vs 7929
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10130 vs 7929
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 10384 vs 8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 10384 vs 8917

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20611
20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20611
20002
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7929
10130
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7929
10130
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8917
10384
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8917
10384
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20611 20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20611 20002
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7929 10130
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7929 10130
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8917 10384
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8917 10384
PassMark - G3D Mark 13689
PassMark - G2D Mark 618
Geekbench - OpenCL 76826
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7343

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 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 122 119
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1425 MHz 1080 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz 930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 171.0 GFLOPS (1:64) 172.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 10.94 TFLOPS (1:1) 11.06 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.94 TFLOPS 5.530 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 2560
Pixel fill rate 68.40 GPixel/s 69.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 171.0 GTexel/s 172.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 80 W
Transistor count 12000 million 13600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
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 336.0 GB/s 352.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready