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

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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3072
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 449.647 vs 337.794
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4619.617 vs 4566.815
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 36.308 vs 31.631
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 11471 vs 3716
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 13334 vs 3355
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 11471 vs 3716
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 13334 vs 3355
  • 5217x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 10434 vs 2
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 23 July 2019
Pipelines 5120 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 449.647 vs 337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4619.617 vs 4566.815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 36.308 vs 31.631
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 11471 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13334 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 11471 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13334 vs 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10434 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 1815 MHz vs 1290 MHz
  • 9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19601 vs 15523
  • Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 927 vs 651
  • Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 117477 vs 89617
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 190.996 vs 181.818
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1654.321 vs 1410.887
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27179 vs 24877
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27179 vs 24877
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1650 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 1815 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19601 vs 15523
PassMark - G2D Mark 927 vs 651
Geekbench - OpenCL 117477 vs 89617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 190.996 vs 181.818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1654.321 vs 1410.887
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27179 vs 24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27179 vs 24877

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15523
19601
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
651
927
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
89617
117477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
449.647
337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4619.617
4566.815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.308
31.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
181.818
190.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1410.887
1654.321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24877
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11471
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13334
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24877
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11471
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13334
3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
10434
2
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
PassMark - G3D Mark 15523 19601
PassMark - G2D Mark 651 927
Geekbench - OpenCL 89617 117477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 449.647 337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4619.617 4566.815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 36.308 31.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.818 190.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1410.887 1654.321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 24877 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 11471 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13334 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 24877 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 11471 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13334 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10434 2

Compare specifications (specs)

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

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA104 TU104
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 23 July 2019
Place in performance rating 82 109
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $699

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1290 MHz 1815 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 1650 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 3072
Pixel fill rate 103.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 206.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million
CUDA cores 3072
Maximum GPU temperature 89 C
Render output units 64

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Display Port 1.4
Dual-link DVI support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays 4

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 6 pin + 8 pin
Height 4.556” (115.7mm)
Length 10.5” (266.74mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 650 Watt
Width 2-Slot

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.1
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.7 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 384.0 GB/s 496 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
Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI