NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 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 9 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1140 MHz
  • Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1380 MHz
  • 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 7% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
  • Around 5% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8754 vs 8346
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 2 Apr 2020
Core clock speed 1320 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1380 MHz
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 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8754 vs 8346

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile

  • Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 220.8 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 170 Watt
Texture fill rate 220.8 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8754
8346
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107
PassMark - G2D Mark 971
Geekbench - OpenCL 88335
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8754 8346

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA106 TU104
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 2 Apr 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Place in performance rating 127 236
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1380 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 1140 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) 220.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) 14.13 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS 7.066 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3584 2560
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s 88.32 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s 220.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 115 Watt
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 12.2
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 448 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6