NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 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 3070 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 74% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 2944
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 215 Watt
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 449.647 vs 326.494
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4619.617 vs 3938.377
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 36.308 vs 31.684
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 181.818 vs 159.275
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 11471 vs 6966
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 13334 vs 6293
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 11471 vs 6966
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 13334 vs 6293
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 20 September 2018
Pipelines 5120 vs 2944
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 215 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 449.647 vs 326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4619.617 vs 3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 36.308 vs 31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.818 vs 159.275
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 11471 vs 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13334 vs 6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 11471 vs 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13334 vs 6293

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

  • Around 94% higher core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1290 MHz
  • 9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18814 vs 15502
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 912 vs 650
  • Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102535 vs 89617
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1506.874 vs 1410.887
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25500 vs 24877
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25500 vs 24877
  • Around 5% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 10966 vs 10437
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1515 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 1710 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 18814 vs 15502
PassMark - G2D Mark 912 vs 650
Geekbench - OpenCL 102535 vs 89617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1506.874 vs 1410.887
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25500 vs 24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25500 vs 24877
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10966 vs 10437

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15502
18814
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
650
912
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
89617
102535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
449.647
326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4619.617
3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.308
31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
181.818
159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1410.887
1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24877
25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11471
6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13334
6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24877
25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11471
6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13334
6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
10437
10966
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark - G3D Mark 15502 18814
PassMark - G2D Mark 650 912
Geekbench - OpenCL 89617 102535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 449.647 326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4619.617 3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 36.308 31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.818 159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1410.887 1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 24877 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 11471 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13334 6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 24877 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 11471 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13334 6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10437 10966

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA104 TU104
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 20 September 2018
Place in performance rating 80 98
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Price now $749.99
Value for money (0-100) 32.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1290 MHz 1710 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 1515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 206.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 13.21 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.21 TFLOPS
Pipelines 5120 2944
Pixel fill rate 103.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 206.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 215 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 13,600 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready