NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 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 3070

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1215 MHz
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1725 MHz vs 1440 MHz
  • 2.6x more pipelines: 5888 vs 2304
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22431 vs 12354
  • Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1000 vs 601
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 31716 vs 18604
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 13566 vs 8898
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 31930 vs 8029
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 31716 vs 18604
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 13566 vs 8898
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 31930 vs 8029
  • Around 82% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 13597 vs 7476
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Sep 2020 vs 29 January 2019
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Boost clock speed 1725 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Pipelines 5888 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22431 vs 12354
PassMark - G2D Mark 1000 vs 601
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 31716 vs 18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 13566 vs 8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 31930 vs 8029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 31716 vs 18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 13566 vs 8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 31930 vs 8029
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 13597 vs 7476

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

  • Around 91% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 220 Watt
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 220 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
22431
12354
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1000
601
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31716
18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13566
8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31930
8029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31716
18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13566
8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31930
8029
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
13597
7476
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark 22431 12354
PassMark - G2D Mark 1000 601
Geekbench - OpenCL 124736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 452.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 40.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 184.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1634.218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 31716 18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 13566 8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 31930 8029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 31716 18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 13566 8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 31930 8029
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 13597 7476

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA104 TU106
Launch date 1 Sep 2020 29 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Place in performance rating 43 129
Type Desktop Laptop
Price now $489.99
Value for money (0-100) 49.06

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1725 MHz 1440 MHz
Core clock speed 1500 MHz 1215 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.31 TFLOPS
Pipelines 5888 2304
Pixel fill rate 165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 220 Watt 115 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 10,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Height 112 mm (4.4 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin
Width 112 mm, 4.4 inches

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6