NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1290 MHz
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 643
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Oct 2022 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed 1320 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 643

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

  • Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 206.4 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 43% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3584
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • Around 51% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2380 vs 1577
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 206.4 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 5120 vs 3584
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2380 vs 1577
PassMark - G3D Mark 15361 vs 15295

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1577
2380
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
971
643
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15295
15361
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1577 2380
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 643
PassMark - G3D Mark 15295 15361
Geekbench - OpenCL 92696
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 449.647
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4619.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 36.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1410.887
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13334
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13334

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA106 GA104
Launch date 12 Oct 2022 12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating 82 81
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1290 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Pipelines 3584 5120
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s 103.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s 206.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million 17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 206.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 13.21 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.21 TFLOPS

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 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
Laptop size large

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 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 240.0 GB/s 384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready