NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 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. 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 - 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 4070

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 930 MHz
  • 2.4x more boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1080 MHz
  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 480.2 GTexel/s vs 172.8 GTexel/s
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 5888 vs 2560
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1166 vs 612
  • Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26959 vs 13637
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 168049 vs 80223
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2023 vs 2 Apr 2020
Core clock speed 2310 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed 2610 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Texture fill rate 480.2 GTexel/s vs 172.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines 5888 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1166 vs 612
PassMark - G3D Mark 26959 vs 13637
Geekbench - OpenCL 168049 vs 80223

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

  • 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 80 W vs 285 Watt
  • Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective) vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
  • Around 92% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7412 vs 3854
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W vs 285 Watt
Memory clock speed 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective) vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7412 vs 3854

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1166
612
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
26959
13637
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
168049
80223
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3854
7412
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark 1166 612
PassMark - G3D Mark 26959 13637
Geekbench - OpenCL 168049 80223
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3854 7412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 417.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 55.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 245.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2459.317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 10384
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10130
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20002
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 10384
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10130

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Turing
Code name AD104 TU104B
Launch date 2023 2 Apr 2020
Place in performance rating 35 107
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2610 MHz 1080 MHz
Core clock speed 2310 MHz 930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 480.2 GFLOPS (1:64) 172.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 30.74 TFLOPS (1:1) 11.06 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 30.74 TFLOPS 5.530 TFLOPS
Pipelines 5888 2560
Pixel fill rate 167.0 GPixel/s 69.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 480.2 GTexel/s 172.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 285 Watt 80 W
Transistor count 35800 million 13600 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
Height 61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin None
Width 140 mm, 5.5 inches 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 12 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 504.2 GB/s 352.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6X GDDR6