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.

NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

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 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1137 vs 997

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	1137 vs 997

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: 22372 vs 17810
Around 54% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 122918 vs 79701

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	317.4 GTexel/s vs 203.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5888 vs 3072
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	22372 vs 17810
Geekbench - OpenCL	122918 vs 79701

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1137

997

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17810

22372

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

79701

122918

Name	NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark - G2D Mark	1137	997
PassMark - G3D Mark	17810	22372
Geekbench - OpenCL	79701	122918
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	46	47
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