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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 239.0 GTexel/s vs 220.8 GTexel/s
2.4x more pipelines: 6144 vs 2560
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 43% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 11904 vs 8352

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 2 Apr 2020
Texture fill rate	239.0 GTexel/s vs 220.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6144 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	11904 vs 8352

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile

Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1140 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1140 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed	1380 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

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

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

11904

8352

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark	16500
PassMark - G2D Mark	643
Geekbench - OpenCL	105640
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	11904	8352

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA104	TU104
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	2 Apr 2020
Place in performance rating	119	234
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1245 MHz	1380 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	1140 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)	220.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)	14.13 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	15.30 TFLOPS	7.066 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6144	2560
Pixel fill rate	119.5 GPixel/s	88.32 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	239.0 GTexel/s	220.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	13600 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	None
Width		IGP
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready