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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

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	138	136
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