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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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. 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 9 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 930 MHz
  • Around 65% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1080 MHz
  • Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 172.8 GTexel/s
  • 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 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 36% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 13930
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 632
  • Around 29% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88335 vs 68337
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 20002
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 20002
  • Around 19% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8755 vs 7353
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 2 Apr 2020
Core clock speed 1320 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s vs 172.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3584 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 vs 13930
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 632
Geekbench - OpenCL 88335 vs 68337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 vs 20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 vs 20002
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8755 vs 7353

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

  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 W vs 170 Watt
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 10384 vs 3717
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 10130 vs 3356
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 10384 vs 3717
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 10130 vs 3356
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 10384 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10130 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 10384 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10130 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17107
13930
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
971
632
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
88335
68337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
10384
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
10130
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
10384
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
10130
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8755
7353
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 13930
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 632
Geekbench - OpenCL 88335 68337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 304.563
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4024.711
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 28.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 187.542
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1141.654
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 10384
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 10130
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 10384
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 10130
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8755 7353

Compare specifications (specs)

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

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA106 TU104B
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 2 Apr 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Place in performance rating 127 116
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1080 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) 172.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) 11.06 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS 5.530 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3584 2560
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s 69.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s 172.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 80 W
Transistor count 13250 million 13600 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 None
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches) IGP

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.1
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s 352.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6