NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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, 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

  • Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1290 MHz
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 15361
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 643
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 188.944 vs 181.818
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1320 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 vs 15361
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944 vs 181.818

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

  • Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 206.4 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 43% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3584
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 92696 vs 88251
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 449.647 vs 299.369
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4619.617 vs 4021.382
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 36.308 vs 28.778
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1410.887 vs 1152.664
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 24877 vs 22495
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 11471 vs 3717
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 13334 vs 3356
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 24877 vs 22495
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 11471 vs 3717
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 13334 vs 3356
  • Around 21% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2380 vs 1961
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 206.4 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 5120 vs 3584
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 92696 vs 88251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 449.647 vs 299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4619.617 vs 4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 36.308 vs 28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1410.887 vs 1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 24877 vs 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 11471 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13334 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 24877 vs 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 11471 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13334 vs 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2380 vs 1961

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17107
15361
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
971
643
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
88251
92696
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
299.369
449.647
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4021.382
4619.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.778
36.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
188.944
181.818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1152.664
1410.887
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
13334
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
13334
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1961
2380
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 15361
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 643
Geekbench - OpenCL 88251 92696
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 299.369 449.647
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4021.382 4619.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 28.778 36.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944 181.818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.664 1410.887
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 13334
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 13334
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1961 2380

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA106 GA104
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 12 Jan 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Place in performance rating 134 81
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1290 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) 206.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) 13.21 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS 13.21 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3584 5120
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s 103.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s 206.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 13250 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 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)
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.2 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s 384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready