NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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. 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1215 MHz
  • Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1440 MHz
  • Around 56% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2304
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 12354
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 601
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 18604
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 18604
  • Around 19% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8783 vs 7409
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 29 January 2019
Core clock speed 1320 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Pipelines 3584 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 vs 12354
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 601
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 vs 18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 vs 18604
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8783 vs 7409

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

  • Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • 7.5x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8898 vs 3717
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8029 vs 3356
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8898 vs 3717
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8029 vs 3356
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8898 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8029 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8898 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8029 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17107
12354
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
971
601
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
8029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
8029
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8783
7409
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 12354
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 601
Geekbench - OpenCL 88251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 8029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 8029
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8783 7409

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA106 TU106
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 29 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Place in performance rating 136 137
Type Desktop Laptop
Price now $489.99
Value for money (0-100) 49.06

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1440 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 1215 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3584 2304
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 115 Watt
Transistor count 13250 million 10,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6