NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 71% higher core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 885 MHz
Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 1755 MHz vs 1185 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 964 vs 483
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12047 vs 11748
Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 207.741 vs 168.08
Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2522.737 vs 1935.102

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 29 January 2019
Core clock speed	1515 MHz vs 885 MHz
Boost clock speed	1755 MHz vs 1185 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	964 vs 483
PassMark - G3D Mark	12047 vs 11748
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	207.741 vs 168.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2522.737 vs 1935.102

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 130 Watt
8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 78123 vs 60907
Around 10% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6841 vs 6242
Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 22.794 vs 19.08
Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 111.023 vs 87.152
Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1001.496 vs 806.848

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 130 Watt
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	78123 vs 60907
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6841 vs 6242
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	22.794 vs 19.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	111.023 vs 87.152
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1001.496 vs 806.848

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

964

483

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12047

11748

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

60907

78123

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

6242

6841

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

207.741

168.08

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2522.737

1935.102

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.08

22.794

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.152

111.023

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

806.848

1001.496

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	964	483
PassMark - G3D Mark	12047	11748
Geekbench - OpenCL	60907	78123
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6242	6841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	207.741	168.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2522.737	1935.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.08	22.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.152	111.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	806.848	1001.496
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		17328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8055
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		17328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8055

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA106	TU106
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	29 January 2019
Place in performance rating	181	178
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1755 MHz	1185 MHz
Core clock speed	1515 MHz	885 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	126.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.087 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.087 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	2304
Pixel fill rate	56.16 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	126.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	12000 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
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
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	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6