NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1470 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB

Launch date	7 Dec 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1470 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 249.6 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
2.4x more pipelines: 5120 vs 2176
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 184 Watt

Texture fill rate	249.6 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 184 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	850
PassMark - G3D Mark	15977
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8026
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		26458
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		26458
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		12868
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		12868
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		20579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		20579

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Code name	TU106	GA104
Launch date	7 Dec 2021	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	54	47
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1560 MHz
Core clock speed	1470 MHz	1110 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)	249.6 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)	15.97 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.181 TFLOPS	15.97 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2176	5120
Pixel fill rate	79.20 GPixel/s	124.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	224.4 GTexel/s	249.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	184 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	10800 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	35 mm, 1.4 inches	PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	229 mm, 9 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Width	113 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready