NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Around 40% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)

Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 2 Apr 2020
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Pipelines	3584 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile

Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 220.8 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 170 Watt
5.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8281 vs 1577

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	220.8 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8281 vs 1577

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1577

8281

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1577	8281
PassMark - G2D Mark	971
PassMark - G3D Mark	15295

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA106	TU104
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	2 Apr 2020
Place in performance rating	82	79
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1380 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1140 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	3584	2560
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	88.32 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	220.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	13600 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		220.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		14.13 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		7.066 TFLOPS
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 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	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	240.0 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	1750 MHz (14000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6