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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 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
  • 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 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 449.647 vs 394.035
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 181.818 vs 173.697
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 24877 vs 23659
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 11471 vs 3718
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 13334 vs 3358
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 24877 vs 23659
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 11471 vs 3718
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 13334 vs 3358
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 20 September 2018
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 394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.818 vs 173.697
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 24877 vs 23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 11471 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13334 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 24877 vs 23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 11471 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13334 vs 3358

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

  • Around 73% higher core clock speed: 1350 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1290 MHz
  • 9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 21786 vs 15502
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 935 vs 650
  • Around 55% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 138583 vs 89617
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 5461.22 vs 4619.617
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 41.133 vs 36.308
  • Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1987.605 vs 1410.887
  • Around 40% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 14612 vs 10434
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1350 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 1545 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 21786 vs 15502
PassMark - G2D Mark 935 vs 650
Geekbench - OpenCL 138583 vs 89617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5461.22 vs 4619.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.133 vs 36.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1987.605 vs 1410.887
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 14612 vs 10434

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15502
21786
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
650
935
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
89617
138583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
449.647
394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4619.617
5461.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.308
41.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
181.818
173.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1410.887
1987.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24877
23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11471
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13334
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24877
23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11471
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13334
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
10434
14612
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 15502 21786
PassMark - G2D Mark 650 935
Geekbench - OpenCL 89617 138583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 449.647 394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4619.617 5461.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 36.308 41.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.818 173.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1410.887 1987.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 24877 23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 11471 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13334 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 24877 23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 11471 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13334 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10434 14612

Compare specifications (specs)

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

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA104 TU102
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 20 September 2018
Place in performance rating 80 83
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Price now $1,279.99
Value for money (0-100) 17.22

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1290 MHz 1545 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 1350 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
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 18,600 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 2x 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
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready