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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1110 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Around 72% higher texture fill rate: 296.6 GTexel/s vs 172.8 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 27% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 26295 vs 20002
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 26295 vs 20002

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 2 Apr 2020
Core clock speed	1110 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Texture fill rate	296.6 GTexel/s vs 172.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6144 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	26295 vs 20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	26295 vs 20002

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q

Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 W vs 115 Watt
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 10384 vs 9367
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 10130 vs 8604
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 10384 vs 9367
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 10130 vs 8604

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 W vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	10384 vs 9367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	10130 vs 8604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	10384 vs 9367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	10130 vs 8604

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

26295

20002

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9367

10384

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8604

10130

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

26295

20002

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9367

10384

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8604

10130

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	371.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3552.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	31.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	190.723
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1422.602
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	26295	20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	9367	10384
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8604	10130
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	26295	20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	9367	10384
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8604	10130
PassMark - G3D Mark		13930
PassMark - G2D Mark		632
Geekbench - OpenCL		68337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		7353

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA104	TU104B
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	2 Apr 2020
Place in performance rating	93	116
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	1080 MHz
Core clock speed	1110 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	296.6 GFLOPS (1:64)	172.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	18.98 TFLOPS (1:1)	11.06 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	18.98 TFLOPS	5.530 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6144	2560
Pixel fill rate	148.3 GPixel/s	69.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	296.6 GTexel/s	172.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	80 W
Transistor count	17400 million	13600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width		IGP
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
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	448.0 GB/s	352.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready