NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 3080 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 6144 vs 2304
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16521 vs 12354
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 645 vs 601
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 26045 vs 18604
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 26045 vs 18604
  • Around 59% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 11915 vs 7476
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 29 January 2019
Pipelines 6144 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 16521 vs 12354
PassMark - G2D Mark 645 vs 601
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045 vs 18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045 vs 18604
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11915 vs 7476

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

  • Around 56% higher core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1245 MHz
  • 9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8898 vs 3719
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8029 vs 3359
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8898 vs 3719
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8029 vs 3359
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1215 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 1440 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8898 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8029 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8898 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8029 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16521
12354
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
645
601
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26045
18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
8029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26045
18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3719
8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
8029
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
11915
7476
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark 16521 12354
PassMark - G2D Mark 645 601
Geekbench - OpenCL 105640
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 26045 18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 8029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 26045 18604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 8898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 8029
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11915 7476

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA104 TU106
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 29 January 2019
Place in performance rating 120 129
Type Laptop Laptop
Price now $489.99
Value for money (0-100) 49.06

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1245 MHz 1440 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 1215 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 15.30 TFLOPS
Pipelines 6144 2304
Pixel fill rate 119.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 239.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 115 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 10,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent No outputs
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

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 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