NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation

  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1635 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 2115 MHz vs 1725 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
  • 4.4x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 220 Watt
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1122 vs 996
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1635 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed 2115 MHz vs 1725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 220 Watt
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1122 vs 996

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

  • Around 56% higher texture fill rate: 317.4 GTexel/s vs 203.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 92% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 3072
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22362 vs 17715
  • Around 54% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 123160 vs 79721
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 317.4 GTexel/s vs 203.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 5888 vs 3072
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22362 vs 17715
Geekbench - OpenCL 123160 vs 79721

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1122
996
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17715
22362
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
79721
123160
Name NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark - G2D Mark 1122 996
PassMark - G3D Mark 17715 22362
Geekbench - OpenCL 79721 123160
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 453.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 40.757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 182.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1664.554
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 31930
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 13676

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD107 GA104
Place in performance rating 47 46
Launch date 1 Sep 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2115 MHz 1725 MHz
Core clock speed 1635 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 8 nm
Pipelines 3072 5888
Pixel fill rate 67.68 GPixel/s 165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 203.0 GTexel/s 317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 220 Watt
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.31 TFLOPS
Transistor count 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 12-pin
Height 112 mm (4.4 inches)
Length 242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt
Width 112 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 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 256.0 GB/s 448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6