NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2560
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 215 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 879
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 299.369 vs 293.508
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 188.944 vs 158.103
  • 1255x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8785 vs 7
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 2 July 2019
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1770 MHz
Pipelines 3584 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt vs 215 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 299.369 vs 293.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944 vs 158.103
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8785 vs 7

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super

  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1605 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • 7.5x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18218 vs 17107
  • Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 99291 vs 88251
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4045.784 vs 4021.382
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 29.145 vs 28.778
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1438.826 vs 1152.664
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25232 vs 22495
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25232 vs 22495
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1605 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 18218 vs 17107
Geekbench - OpenCL 99291 vs 88251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4045.784 vs 4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 29.145 vs 28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1438.826 vs 1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25232 vs 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25232 vs 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17107
18218
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
971
879
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
88251
99291
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
299.369
293.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4021.382
4045.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.778
29.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
188.944
158.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1152.664
1438.826
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
25232
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
25232
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8785
7
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 18218
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 879
Geekbench - OpenCL 88251 99291
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 299.369 293.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4021.382 4045.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 28.778 29.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944 158.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.664 1438.826
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 25232
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 25232
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8785 7

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA106 TU104
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 2 July 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $499
Place in performance rating 138 141
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1770 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 1605 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 2560
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 215 Watt
Transistor count 13250 million 13.6 B
CUDA cores 2560
Maximum GPU temperature 88 C
Render output units 64

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Port 1.4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays 4

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches) 10.5” (266.74mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 6 pin + 8 pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches) 2-Slot
Height 4.556” (115.7mm)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.1
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.5 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s 448 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready